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A masterful storyteller who can weave a tapestry of little known historical facts into an engrossing and well written novel, she tells the story of a young prince of wales, who would later go on to become king george iii, and a that of a young quakeress named hannah lightfoot. I picked it up because it is the beginning of the georgian saga, and thus the beginning of queen carolines story caroline being one of my favorite characters in neal stephensons baroque cycle, but i feel like i was looking at the. The princess of celle by victoria holt, 1985, putnam edition, in english 1st american ed. It is the tragic tale of a german princess who would go on to become the wife and captive princess of the uncouth boor who would one day be crowned as george i of england.
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