Sophia Dorothea of Celle was married at sixteen to her cousin George of Hanover, the future George I of Great Britain. Drawing on her letters, Wilkins tells of her mother’s own irregular romance, the cold court of Hanover, and her passionate attachment to the Swedish soldier Philip Christopher von Königsmarck, whose disappearance in 1694 led to her lifelong confinement.
Court history with the pace of a novel, for readers who enjoy royal scandal grounded in real correspondence. Download the free EPUB.