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King's Mistress, Queen's Servant: The Life and Times of Henrietta Howard by Borman, Tracy. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. Described by Swift as a consummate courtier who packed away her 'private virtues...like cloaths in a chest', by Pope as 'so very reasonable, so unmov'd', and by the world at large as 'the Swiss' (due to her apparent neutrality), she remains as fascinating and perplexing today as she was for her contemporaries. At the age of nine, Henrietta's idyllic childhood was shattered when her father was killed in a duel. Her mother's death three years later left her an orphan, and she soon afterwards made a disastrous marriage to Charles Howard, youngest son of the Earl of Suffolk. Having been dragged into poverty by her brutal husband, Henrietta used her own ingenuity and determination to secure a role at the very heart of the royal court. Although renowned for her passivity and mildness, her relations with the Queen became increasingly acrimonious, and she made an enemy of Prime Minister Robert Walpole before eventually resigning her position amidst intense political scandal. As well as providing a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Georgian court, Tracy Borman's wonderful bio
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- Author
- Borman, Tracy.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780224076067
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Historical Fiction, European History
- Rating
- 3.99 / 5 (50 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13