Courtiers - Lucy Worsley

Category: History
Language: English
Keywords: 18th Century Britain Georgian Royalty

Written by Lucy Worsley
Read by Lucy Worsley
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Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court
By: Lucy Worsley
Narrated by: Lucy Worsley
Release date
17-06-2025
Language
English
Format
Audiobook
Length
12 hrs and 26 mins
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Categories
History

In the eighteenth century, the palace’s most elegant assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield. This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives.

Ambitious and talented people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. Successful courtiers needed level heads and cold hearts; their secrets were never safe. Among them, a Vice Chamberlain with many vices, a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage, a pushy painter, an alcoholic equerry, a Wild Boy, a penniless poet, a dwarf comedian, two mysterious turbaned Turks and any number of discarded royal mistresses.

An eye-opening portrait of a group of royal servants, Courtiers also throws new light on the dramatic life of George II and Queen Caroline at Kensington Palace.

©2025 Lucy Worsley (P)2025 Faber & Faber