Courtiers : The Secret History of the Georgian Court - Lucy Worsley

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Courtiers

The Secret History of the Georgian Court

By: Lucy Worsley

eBook | 6 May 2010

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In the eighteenth century, the palace's most elegant assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield. This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives.

Ambitious and talented people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. Successful courtiers needed level heads and cold hearts; their secrets were never safe. Among them, a Vice Chamberlain with many vices, a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage, a pushy painter, an alcoholic equerry, a Wild Boy, a penniless poet, a dwarf comedian, two mysterious turbaned Turks and any number of discarded royal mistresses.

An eye-opening portrait of a group of royal servants, Courtiers also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II and Queen Caroline at Kensington Palace.

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'Courtiers is a fascinating insight into the highest echelons of aristocratic society. Lucy Worsley writes with flair and passion about a lost world where smiles could kill and kisses condemn.'
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