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The Child from the Sea

The Child From The Sea tells the rich, turbulent tale of Lucy Walter, secret wife of Charles II, and mistress-despite-herself to a gallant and reckless Irish nobleman in exile. It is a story filled with the passions and adventure of an age of glory and squalor, nobility and depravity, courage and betrayal.

Genre
historical fictionromanceadventurechristian fictionhistorical romance
Themes
christian
Setting
englandbritish
Subject
biographyhistory
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 736 pages

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