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The Prince and the Quakeress (Georgian Saga, Bk 4)
The Prince and the Quakeress - Georgian Saga, Bk 4 Author:Jean Plaidy They shared a secret love that the world could not accept. — The Prince of Wales -- later King George III -- was riding through St. James Market when he first saw -- in a window above a linen-draper's shop -- the love of his life. Hannah Lightfoot was a ravishing beauty, but she was poor, a commoner, and a strict Quaker. It seemed... more » impossible that she and the Prince should ever meet. But there were people who could make anything possible...for a youth who was to be a king.
The bittersweet story of the Prince of Wales and his gentle Hannah unfolds against the luxurious background of George II's licentious court, where a ruthless and greedy nobility struggled to turn the Prince's secret love to personal advantage.
Jean Plaidy, justly called the queen of historical novelists, discovered the story of George and his Hannah hidden away, and tells it now for the first time -- a story as radiant and unforgettable poignant as any in English history.« less