Book description
It was necessary for the Prince of Wales to marry, and his victim was
the unconventional Caroline of Brunswick. Caroline, already plagued by
scandals in her personal life, would rather have married a Major in
her father's army but this was not to be. Arriving in England she
finds her bridegroom's mistress waiting to undermine her position and
to spy on her. The Prince is determined to hate her, and humiliates
her at every possible occasion even after she has given him a
daughter.
Meanwhile, her generous nature wins over the love of the people,
leading her husband to resent her even more. Even her new family, with
the exception of the half-mad king, offers her no support. Caroline
becomes more independent and excessively extravagant as she tries to
negotiate the traps laid out for her by a hostile court. Eventually
she leaves, and much to the delight of social gossips continues to
provide them with scandals and amusements long after the dust of her
time at court has settled.
Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for
most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English
author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's
novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her
death in 1993.
