Presents a novel based on the life of the author's great-great-grandmother Mary Anne Clarke, a young woman who passed herself off as a widow after her husband was institutionalized for alcoholism, and recognizing her taste for luxury and power, became the mistress of the Duke of York during the Napoleonic Wars.
"Presents a novel based on the life of the author's great-great-grandmother Mary Anne Clarke, a young woman who passed herself off as a widow after her husband was institutionalized for alcoholism, and recognizing her taste for luxury and power, became the mistress of the Duke of York during the Napoleonic Wars."@en
"Basé sur la vie de Mary Anne Clarke."
"Historische roman, waarin de schrijfster het stormachtige leven van haar betovergrootmoeder in het begin van de 19e eeuw beschrijft."
"Mary Anne, with her cunning wit and unbeatable Irish blood, was born in London slum neighbourhood. With her resourceful mind, she determined to be a success in men's world by playing the same game, with the same rules. She first tried to find a wealthy husband but got a big-mouthed, good-for-nothing one instead. Not to be beaten by circumstances, she left her husband and started to use her unique beauty to make connection, to be a "social climber", in order to provide food and shelter for her 3 children, a mother, a half-sister and a brother. As time would have it, she was introduced to The Duke of York, became his mistress and the scandalous dealings began."@en
"Příběh chudé dívky, která využije své krásy, pohotovosti, dravosti a vtipu a stane se milenkou králova syna."
"The story of Mary Anne Clarke, the mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, son of George III."
"The story of Mary Anne Clarke, the mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, son of George III."@en
"De geschiedenis van de maîtresse van de hertog van York in de 19e eeuw, die door haar politiek geïntrigeer schandalen veroorzaakt tot in de hoogste kringen."
"Historical novel about a famous British courtesan of the early 1800's."@en
"Historical novel about a famous British courtesan of the early 1800's."
""An ambitious, stunning, and seductive young woman, Mary Anne find the single most rewarding way she can rise above her miserable cockney world: she will become the mistress to a royal duke. In doing so, she provokes a scandal that rocks Regency England. Based on the true story of one of du Maurier's own distant relatives, Mary Anne's love of money and the men who spend it embroil her in risks that threaten her very existence"--Page 4 of cover."
"She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country."@en
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