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Maria Fitzherbert

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781841196169

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The affair of George IV and Maria Fitzherbert is notorious. A young Catholic widow became the secret wife of the heir to the throne because she had refused to become his mistress.
Munson reveals a genuine love story between the spoilt, egocentric prince and the older woman who brought peace and order to his life of restlessness and excess; resulting in a marriage that defied English law and broke all the rules of monarchy. Two themes dominate – the love of a kind-hearted woman for a charming but faithless prince, and the perilous state of the monarchy.

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A fascinating investigation into an irregular royal marriage.
Publishing News
It sheds much new light on the nature of a woman whose ambition and pride almost altered the line of succession.
Sunday Telegraph