A bi-sexual king (James I); his handsome, red-haired favourite; a beautiful, blonde, married countess; a dark, bad-tempered diplomat; a conniving go-between; homosexuality; deceit; adultery; divorce; poison; murder and imprisonment are the ingredients of a seventeenth-century scandal which shook most of Europe in its day. This fiction based on fact is the love- turning-to-hate story of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and his wife, Frances.
Genre: Romance
Genre: Romance
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