Contents
The Illegitimate Children of Charles II
COMPANIONS IN EXILE – LUCY WALTER, 1630–58
THE LADY – BARBARA VILLIERS, 1640–1709
THE QUEEN – CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA, 1638–1705
Eight – ‘Full of sweetness and goodness’
‘HIS COY MISTRESS’ – FRANCES TERESA STUART, 1647 – 1702
THE STAGE AND THE THRONE – NELL GWYN, 1651(?)–87
Eleven – From Bawdy House to the King’s Bed
BABY FACE – LOUISE DE KÉROUALLE, 1649–1734
Fifteen – The Exclusion Crisis
THE CARDINAL’S NIECE – HORTENSE MANCINI, 1646–99