Sarah's review
Henrietta Howard: King's Mistress, Queen's Servant by Tracy Borman
Really excellent. I had to have a friend bring this to me from the UK because it's not available in the U.S., at least not that I could find. I would have gotten even more out of it if I knew more about British royal history. Henrietta goes from being the daughter of one of the leading families of Britain, loses her father in a deul, marries an abusive gambler, sinks to living in the slums, sells everything she has to travel to Germany to become part of the court of a woman who might, maybe be Queen of England someday, becomes another princess's servant, then the mistress of that woman's husband, then back to London when the English queen dies ... wow.
