![]() ![]() Nell would have applauded in approval and probably done a little jig to celebrate her tribute." ![]() is an absolutely brilliant addition to the historical fiction genre and might be the best novel on Nell Gwynn ever. Humphreys, author of Plague, Fire, and many more A vivid portrait of an age that makes our own seem prudish, told with verve, humor, pathos.and not a little eroticism."Ĭ.C. "Hard to resist this sort of seduction-a Nell Gwynn who pleasures the crowds upon the stages of London and the noblest men of England in their bedrooms. Leslie Carroll, author of The Confessions of Marie Antoinette, Royal Romances, and many more "Bawdy and poignant.an ebullient page-turner!" "A richly engaging portrait of the life and times of one of history's mostĭiana Gabaldon, author of the best-selling 1 in Pittsburgh Historical Fiction Examiner's list of Top Ten Historical Novels of 2011 The Darling Strumpet transports the reader to the tumultuous world of seventeenth-century England, charting the meteoric rise of the dazzling Nell Gwynn from London's slums to its bawdy playhouses, where her saucy humor and sensuous charm earned her the affection of legions of fans-and the heart of the most powerful man in all of England, the king himself. ![]()
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