Coming in September, 2010
The Countess & the King: A Novel of the Countess of Dorchester & King James II
In the decadent court of King Charles II, Katherine Sedley was a lady who lived by her own rules and loved where she pleased.
“I was still determined to make my gaudy mark on this gaudy royal court, and claim as much glory from it as any lady could. That was what I wished for myself, and in my head, I brushed aside all my father’s fussings of enemies and allies.”
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“Restoration England springs to life in this witty, utterly engaging heroine.” —Catherine Delors, Author of For the King
“If witty Nell Gwyn was ‘the King’s Protestant whore,’ equally witty Katherine Sedley was ‘the King’s plain whore.’ In this well-researched novel of the racy Stuart court, Susan Holloway Scott introduces readers to a spirited mistress of the unfortunate James II. You will come to love Katherine, as the notoriously stubborn and hard-to-please James himself did.” —Margaret George, Author of Helen of Troy
“Damn, this woman can write! Susan Holloway Scott is so intuitive with period language and so involved in the psyches of her characters, that you are at all times there with them.” —Robin Maxwell, author of O, Juliet