Follower Appreciation Giveaway: The Loves of Charles II by Jean Plaidy

Hello all of my fabulous followers! Welcome to the first Follower Appreciation Giveaway!! I have some of the most amazing followers and I wanted to find a way to show you my appreciation and what better way to do than with a free book!

For those of you who don't know, Passages to the Past has an Amazon store and whenever a book is purchased through one of the links on PTTP, I get a percentage which I will be using towards giveaways.

The first book up for grabs is The Loves of Charles II by Jean Plaidy! This was my first Jean Plaidy read and the book where my love of Charles II and his infamous mistresses was born and I think it's one every lover of historical fiction should read!

SYNOPSIS

From princesses to country girls to actressesthe loves of Charles II come to life.

Ten years after Charles I was deposed and executed, his son, Charles II, regains the throne after many years in exile. Charles is determined not only to restore the monarchy but also to revive a society that has suffered under many years of Puritan rule, when everything from theater to Christmas festivals was illegal. As king, Charles II throws himself into the gaiety of court life, becoming a patron of the arts and a consummate lover of women. He first secures a strong dynastic alliance by marrying Catherine of Braganza, a shy,! plain P ortuguese princess who falls in love with her handsome husband and brings him great wealth, but can never give him the son he longs for. For many years, his untitled queen is a bold and sensual older womanBarbara, Countess of Castlemainewhose husband is routinely paid to look the other way. But when the politically ambitious Lady Castlemaine becomes too powerful, she is replaced by Louise de Kroualle, a baby-faced French noblewoman who may have been sent to Charless court as a spy. His other great love, and Louises rival, is Nell Gwyn, a stage actress who rises from the streets of London to become the kings favorite and a hero of the working class.

Court intrigue and affairs of the heart weave together in this unforgettable page-turner.

GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:

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- Giveaway ends on February 9th.

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