Author : Ophelia Field
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1474605362
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)
Book Synopsis The Favourite by : Ophelia Field
Download or read book The Favourite written by Ophelia Field and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An incredible story crackling with royal passion, envy, ambition and betrayal ... Field's account of the psychological power play between Queen Anne and her confidante is surely definitive. A tour de force' Lucy Worsley Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1774), was as glamorous as she was controversial. Politically influential and independently powerful, she was an intimate, and then a blackmailer, of Queen Anne, accusing her of keeping lesbian favourites - including Sarah's own cousin Abigail Masham. Ophelia Field's masterly biography, published in a new and updated edition, brings Sarah Churchill's own voice, passionate and intelligent, back to life. Here is an unforgettable portrait of a woman who cared intensely about how we would remember her.