Sherry G. (Shervivor) - , reviewed on 8/17/2009 + 97 more book reviews

From the back cover:

"At only fifteen, Mary Robinson was married off to an unfaithful wastrel. Over the next seven years, her spellbounding talent, beauty, and drive would lead her from the denigration of debtors' prison to the London stages, where a star was born. With the heart of a poet and the face of an angel, she was sold as societty's darling. Though she was dubbed the "Priestess of Taste" for her dashing style, her unabashed exploits made her the queen of scandal, envied by women worldwide and desired by every man within reach.

From Mary Robinson's shocking affair with the Prince of Wales and the fortuitous liaisons that titillated the country, to heartbreaking betrayals and restless pursuit of true romance, this breathtaking novel paints a vivid potrait of a woman who changed history by doing as she pleased-for money, for fame, for pleasure, and above all, for love."

This is good historical fiction that proves, once again, how rough it was to be a woman in a man's world during the 18th century.

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