When the formidable, obscenely wealthy Duke of Devon stumbles upon the delectable younger sister of a chronic gambler who'd lost a wager to him, unmet since fourteen years ago in his very own bride hunt ball, he uses the situation to good advantage; a marriage on his terms. Marriage had not been in his agenda but the...
The tale of Her Majesty The Queen Dowager of Württemberg unfolds not as a fairy-tale love story with a happily ever after but as a narrative of growth and resilience. Returning to London with her youngest children after her husband's demise, she steps back into the swirl of the 1813 social season. Life demanded many s...