Charles Beauclerk
Written by a direct descendant of the union between Nell Gwyn and King Charles II, ,Nell Gwyn, tells the story of one of Englandâ€™s great folk heroines, a woman who rose from an impoverished, abusive childhood to become King Charles IIâ€™s most cherished mistress, and the star of one of the great love stories of royal history. Born during a tumultuous period in Englandâ€™s past, Nell Gwyn caught the eye of King Charles II, the newly restored, pleasure-seeking â€œmerry monarchâ€ of a nation in full hedonistic reaction to Puritan rule. Their seventeen-year love affair played out against the backdrop of the Great Fire of London, the Great Plague, court scandals, and the constant threat of political revolution. Despite his other loversâ€™ Machiavellian efforts to win the kingâ€™s favor and humiliate Nell, the self-proclaimed â€œProtestant whoreâ€ earned the devotion of her king and the love of her nation, becoming Englandâ€™s first â€œpeopleâ€™s princess.â€ Magnificently recreating the heady and licentious, yet politically charged atmosphere of Restoration England, ,Nell Gwyn, tells the true-life Cinderella story of a common orange salesgirl who became mistress to a king.
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Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King