A mad king. A doctor who steps into the power vacuum and, in the space of two years, issues 632 decrees conducive to liberty and the improvement of the realm; who seduces the Queen and has a child by her. A court thirsting for vengeance, determined to do away with the upstart foreigner, his reforms and his bastard ... With such raw material, it's a wonder there isn't an entire fictional sub-genre relating to this historical episode. For this astonishing novel is based squarely on fact.

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