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Also by Susan Holloway Scott:

The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr, October 2019
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I, Eliza Hamilton, October 2017
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The Countess And The King, September 2010
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THE COUNTESS AND THE KING
By: Susan Holloway Scott

A Novel of The Countess of Dorchester & King James II

NAL Trade
September 2010
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Featuring: Katherine Sedley; King James II
400 pages
ISBN: 0451231155
EAN: 9780451231154
Paperback
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Historical | Fiction

Katherine Sedley lived by her own rules and loved who she pleased- until she became the infamous mistress of King James II...

London, 1675: Born to wealth and privilege, Katherine is introduced to the decadent court of King Charles II, and quickly becomes a favorite from the palace to the bawdy playhouses. She gleefully snubs respectable marriage to become the Duke of York's mistress. But Katherine's life of carefree pleasure ends when Charles II dies, and her lover becomes King James II.

Suddenly she is cast into a tangle of political intrigue, religious dissent, and ever-shifting alliances, where a wrong step can mean treason, exile, or death at the executioner's block. As the risks rise, Katherine is forced to make the most perilous of choices: to remain loyal to the king, or to England.