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Alice Verney, after two years in Louis XIV’s France, comes back to Restoration England with ambitions to regain her former status as maid of honor to Charles II’s queen. She plans to marry the era’s most celebrated duke, positioning herself to influence court politics. The court’s merry façade hides deep divisions: the king may be considering a divorce, rumors swirl of conspirators, and a sudden death among the royal family raises the stakes. Alice, loyal to the queen, investigates these threats while confronting her own father’s possible involvement. With poisonings suspected, war tension looms, and the safety of the king itself is questioned. Set against the opulence and danger of seventeenth‑century England, the novel explores love, ambition, betrayal, and the precarious power of women in a restrictive era.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Karleen Koen
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