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Reviewed on August 15, 2006
Raised in the exiled court of Charles II, later maid of honor to his queen and then to his sister, Alice Verney has known no other home than the palaces of Whitehall, St. Germain, and St. Cloud; no other family than the courtiers surrounding the French and English monarchs. She herself is the ultimate courtier-wily, ambitious, and fully alive to the subtle nuances of power, the shifting loyalties, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



