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Index
Cover
Title page
Dedication page
Contents
Author’s Note
The Illegitimate Children of Charles II
Prologue
Part One: COMPANIONS IN EXILE – LUCY WALTER, 1630–58
One – ‘Mrs Barlow’
Two – The Trouble with Lucy
Three – Marking Time
Part Two: THE LADY – BARBARA VILLIERS, 1640–1709
Four – ‘That blooming beauty’
Five – The Royal Whore
Six – The Duchess
Part Three: THE QUEEN – CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA, 1638–1705
Seven – A Wealthy Wife
Eight – ‘Full of sweetness and goodness’
Part Four: ‘HIS COY MISTRESS’ – FRANCES TERESA STUART, 1647 – 1702
Nine – La Belle Stuart
Ten – The One Who Got Away
Part Five: THE STAGE AND THE THRONE – NELL GWYN, 1651(?)–87
Eleven – From Bawdy House to the King’s Bed
Twelve – The Protestant Whore
Part Six: BABY FACE – LOUISE DE KÉROUALLE, 1649–1734
Thirteen – La Bretonne
Fourteen – Mrs Carwell
Fifteen – The Exclusion Crisis
Part Seven: THE CARDINAL’S NIECE – HORTENSE MANCINI, 1646–99
Sixteen – An Italian Girl in Paris
Seventeen – The Last Mistress
Epilogue
Notes
Select Bibliography
Picture Acknowledgements
Index
Plate Section
About the Author
Also by Linda Porter
Copyright page
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