Girl on the Golden Coin: A Novel of Frances Stuart
Impoverished and exiled to the French countryside after the overthrow of the English Crown, Frances Stuart survives merely by her blood-relation to the Stuart Royals. But in 1660, the Restoration of the Stuart Monarchy in England returns her family to favor. Frances discards threadbare gowns...
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Impoverished and exiled to the French countryside after the overthrow of the English Crown, Frances Stuart survives merely by her blood-relation to the Stuart Royals. But in 1660, the Restoration of the Stuart Monarchy in England returns her family to favor. Frances discards threadbare gowns andmoves to gilded Fontainebleau Palace, where she soon catches the Sun King’s eye
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781250060945 (125006094X)
ASIN: 125006094X
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
How good was this book? I finished it in a little under two days. That's quite the accomplishment considering I spent the better part of one of those days hungover. Roller derbies and breweries make for an exciting Saturday....anyway....As far as British monarchs go, I know little about the ones tha...
Full review here. A really lovely debut novel, with a heroine I'd have to hate were she not so fabulous. Courtier Frances Stuart is so super gorgeous more than one monarch propositions her, but she's known for putting them off (sort of). Badly done, Frances would have been a flaky flip-flopp...
I read this back in December and decided to hold off posting my review until closer to the publication date. This is a fascinating fictionalized look at Frances Stuart's life. I did not know much about Frances before reading this book so I did some research on her and it made me eager to read this...
11 years ago
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