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Book Review of Royal Harlot

Royal Harlot
Royal Harlot
Author: Susan Holloway Scott
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


I asked for this book because I have always been interested in the period of the Stuarts; Charles II, the "Merry Monarch", in particular. Now I know why he was so "merry"; he did little but play cards, gamble, and hop from bed to bed with his stable of mistresses.

This book shines the light on Barbara Villiers Palmer; a girl who realy enjoyed her work and deserved to be called the royal harlot. Every situation in this book calls for explicit sex and the author concentrated more on these acts than giving us any historical insight into the reign of Charles.