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Scandal in Stuart Court: A Stuart Novel
A squire of low degree- Robert Carr catches the eye of King James. Taken into the Kings Palace and his heart- King James elevates him to the most powerful man in England. Carr is suddenly a peer of the most noble of blood, and the most hated. Desperate to find a powerful ally Carr charms the illustrious Frances, Countess of Essex.
Frances was born a Howard, her family holds the most powerful offices in England. A family who is respected as much as feared. Frances has seduced Henry, the Prince of Wales whom she has fought for and finally won....... yet somehow she finds herself enchanted by this Scottish man Carr, the Kings lover.
Secretly they embark on a forbidden romance that leads them to a place neither of them could have ever imagined. From the Royal Chambers to the dark back alleys of London’s poison mongers -enter the life and time of Stuart England. When hearts beat as passionately as they do today and murder was more foul.
This novel is based on the actual events that took place in the reign of King James I. Where treachery, treason and murder set the stage for this most scandalous story in the Stuart Court.
Spend a few hours in the in the 17th Century....where wild and wanton luxury of the time flourished with its dark vices and superstitious ways. Where England's most powerful bury and burn their secrets- that are so treacherous they have been hidden away in secret memoirs long forgotton.....
until now.........
Frances was born a Howard, her family holds the most powerful offices in England. A family who is respected as much as feared. Frances has seduced Henry, the Prince of Wales whom she has fought for and finally won....... yet somehow she finds herself enchanted by this Scottish man Carr, the Kings lover.
Secretly they embark on a forbidden romance that leads them to a place neither of them could have ever imagined. From the Royal Chambers to the dark back alleys of London’s poison mongers -enter the life and time of Stuart England. When hearts beat as passionately as they do today and murder was more foul.
This novel is based on the actual events that took place in the reign of King James I. Where treachery, treason and murder set the stage for this most scandalous story in the Stuart Court.
Spend a few hours in the in the 17th Century....where wild and wanton luxury of the time flourished with its dark vices and superstitious ways. Where England's most powerful bury and burn their secrets- that are so treacherous they have been hidden away in secret memoirs long forgotton.....
until now.........
318 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 31, 2015
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