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King's Mistress: The True and Scandalous Story of the Woman Who Stole the Heart of George I

by Claudia Gold · 2012

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As the mistress and probable secret wife of George I, Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg was England's first (albeit uncrowned) Georgian queen. In 'The King's Mistress', Claudia Gold brings this extraordinary woman, and the world in which she moved, vividly to life.

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