A book to read and reread, this reissue brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece.
Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, sixteen-year-old Amber St. Clare uses her wits, beauty and courage to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England - that of favourite mistress of the Merry Monarch himself, Charles II.
From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary - and extraordinary - men and women, Amber experiences it all. But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have ...
- ISBN10 1556524048
- ISBN13 9781556524042
- Publish Date 1 September 2000 (first published 1 September 1950)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 30 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint A Cappella Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 976
- Language English