The Countess and the King:
A Novel of the Countess of Dorchester and King James II

Praise and Reviews

“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, autor of Helen of Troy

“Susan Holloway Scott masterfully recounts the destiny of the Countess of Dorchester, from the joys and trials of a privileged childhood to the intrigues of the court of James II. Restoration England springs to life under her pen with this witty, utterly engaging heroine.”
—Catherine Delors, author of Mistress of the Revolution and For the King