'A first-class study ! excellent' -- Niall Ferguson, Sunday Telegraph 'Splendid ! her book does justice to a fascinating woman who was tragic, brave, likeable, humorous, and indeed, unruly' -- Richard Acton, Spectator 'A brilliantly uncovered and grotesque tale' -- Clare Tomalin, Independent on Sunday 'Well written, thoroughly enjoyable ! required reading' -- Sarah Bradford, Daily Telegraph 'Written with elegance, wit and a narrative zest that novelists might envy' -- Economist

Flora Fraser is the author of the bestselling biographies of Emma Hamilton, Beloved Emma, and Queen Caroline, The Unruly Queen, and the forthcoming Princesses: The Daughters of George III. She lives in London with her husband and three children.