Ravenous : a life of Barbara Villiers, Charles II's most infamous mistress
Zuvich, Andrea2024
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Barbara Villiers was a woman so beautiful, so magnetic & so sexually attractive that she captured the hearts of many in Stuart-era Britain. Her beauty is legendary: she became the muse of artists such as Peter Lely, the inspiration of writers such as John Dryden & the lover of John Churchill, the future great military leader whom we also know as the 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her greatest amorous conquest was King Charles II, King of England, Scotland, & Ireland, with whom she had a tempestuous & passionate relationship for the better part of a decade. But this loveliest of Stuart-era ladies had a dark side. She hurt & humiliated her husband, Roger Palmer, for decades with her unashamedly adulterous lifestyle, she plotted the ruin of her enemies, constantly gambled away vast sums of money, is remembered for the destruction of the Tudor-era Nonsuch Palace, & was known to unleash terrible rages when crossed.
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Author:
Zuvich, Andrea, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2024.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526769107 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
941.066092941.066B/CLEV
Language:
English
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BRN:
2740154
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