The Mistresses of Cliveden

<p><b>'It covers three centuries of high living, high politics and high drama [...] it is so fascinating' </b>MEL SYKES<br><b>_____________________________</b><br><b><u>A <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller</u></b><br><b>Five women. One house. One extraordinary history.</b><br><br>Even today, Cliveden retains its royal mystique - it is where Meghan Markle and her mother spent the night before the royal wedding - but from its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden has played host to a dynasty of remarkable and powerful women.<br><br>Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence.<br><br>Restoration and revolution, aristocratic rise and fall, world war and cold war form the extraordinary backdrop against which their stories unfold. <br><br>An addictive history of the period and an intimate exploration of the timeless relationships between people and place, <i>The Mistresses of Cliveden</i> is a story of sex, power and politics, and the ways in which exceptional women defy the expectations of their time.</p> <p><b>'It covers three centuries of high living, high politics and high drama [...] it is so fascinating' </b>MEL SYKES<br><b>_____________________________</b><br><b><u>A <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller</u></b><br><b>Five women. One house. One extraordinary history.</b><br><br>Even today, Cliveden retains its royal mystique - it is where Meghan Markle and her mother spent the night before the royal wedding - but from its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden has played host to a dynasty of remarkable and powerful women.<br><br>Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence.<br><br>Restoration and revolution, aristocratic rise and fall, world war and cold war form the extraordinary backdrop against which their stories unfold. <br><br>An addictive history of the period and an intimate exploration of the timeless relationships between people and place, <i>The Mistresses of Cliveden</i> is a story of sex, power and politics, and the ways in which exceptional women defy the expectations of their time.</p>