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Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill (Georgian Saga 7) Paperback – Import, January 1, 1978

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Although the young widow Maria Fitzherbert is a commoner and a Catholic, her dashing suitor is none other than the Prince of Wales, whose unquestioned royal duty is to marry a Protestant Princess.In an age well accustomed to royal mistresses, Maria is as virtuous as she is beautiful. Rather than succumb, she flees to France...only to be irresistibly drawn back to England and into the arms of her Prince—and a passionate relationship that may well cost the Prince his throne.Set against the backgrounds of elegant London and fashionable Brighton, this turbulent, tender story of passion and politics unfolds, with all the great figures of a memorable age playing their appointed The prolifigate playwright Sheridan, the shrewd William Pitt, enchanting Fanny Burney, mad King George III, and frightening Queen Charlotte, who is filled with vindictive hatred toward her rebellious son and his beloved.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pan; First Thus edition (January 1, 1978)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0330255088
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0330255080
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
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Eleanor Hibbert (1 September 1906 – 19 January 1993) was an English author who combined imagination with facts to bring history alive through novels of fiction and romance. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty; Victoria Holt for gothic romances, and Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. A literary split personality, she also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under the names Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, and Ellalice Tate.

In 1989, the Romance Writers of America gave her the Golden Treasure award in recognition of her significant contributions to the romance genre. By the time of her death, she had written more than 200 books that worldwide sold more than 100 million copies in 20 languages. She continues to be a widely borrowed author among lending libraries. Her popular works of historical fiction are appreciated by readers and critics alike for their accuracy, quality of writing, and attention to detail.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2014
    Love this series of books!
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2014
    It is no secret that I am a huge Plaidy fan. Yet, I will be honest and give this book a 4, instead of my more generous 5.
    This was a very good and well researched account on Georgie Porgie and his "real" wife. I did find it interesting that no mention was made about the supposed children that Mrs.Fitzherbert may or may not have borne. Wasn't sure what to make of that aspect. Is it in the next book or was it overlooked or did it never happen?
    The book, I thought, was a little disjointed and perhaps more could have been told of the Prince's later philanderings. What a life they led! So reckless and without a care or responsibility. I learn so much from these books, a life so different and chaotic.
    Great read, and very hard to put down.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2003
    George IV, when he is Prince of Wales, falls in love with Maria FitzHerbert. Unlike the other women he's fallen in love with, this one refuses to become his mistress. Why doesn't he marry her? There is a slight problem. It is illegal for an heir to the throne of England to marry a Catholic. If he does marry her, he will give up his right. He secretly marries her, and after a few years of happiness, he realized his mistake. But when he realizes it wasn't a mistake, he had already left her. What follows is a lifetime of even more heartbreak for the poor Prince.
    If you've read The Secret Wife of King George IV, you may be cautious about reading this one. Don't worry! It is much more respectable and accurate, as are all of Jean Plaidy's works. It is wonderfully and beautifully written, with a haunting historical lesson.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2012
    After his affair with Perdita Robinson, Prince George sets his sites on yet another older woman. But this time she's more respectable in the eyes of society. Maria Fitzherbert has been married and widowed twice already, but is a good and charming woman any man would be proud to have on his arm. So, of course, George sets out to put her there. But she comes with her own set of problems. She's Catholic nd pulls an Anne Boleyn (His mistress she shall not be, his wife she cannot be.) So what can a man like George do, one who's never been told no and gets everything he wants? He flouts the law, the Royal Marriage Act stating he needs permission to marry and can't marry a Catholic and marries her anyway! He secretly marries woman who could help collapse the entire country. All for the sake of having her in his bed!

    So you'd think this story would have a happy ending. He defies the law, marries her, treats her as his wife, has everyone else do so as well. Well no, George is a waster. He gambles money he doesn't have, drops her at a dime for another woman/women and causes her to have debts too, in an effort to entertain him. This causes much heartache for people, mostly Maria Fitzherbert, who does love him and his father, who does love him in his way. When his debts become too much and he must ask his father for help he's met with a very big dilemma. He must marry. But he's married. Not according to the State he's not. So he must choose. The crown or Maria.

    While I only gave it a three, it does drag on like the previous book, it's again worth the time to read. You cannot tell the story of George IV, as he becomes, without telling the story of the most important woman in his life.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2006
    I polished off Jean Plaidy's Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill today. It's a vast improvement over Diane Haeger's The Secret Wife of King George IV, and also an improvement over Plaidy's The Third George.

    Like the Haeger book, this tells the story of Maria Fitzherbert's marriage to Prince George--or part of the story, anyway, as the novel ends immediately before George's marriage to Caroline. Though the viewpoint shifts between various characters, the focus is mainly on George and his misadventures, at least until the last third or so of the book, when it shifts to the dysfunctional royal family as a whole. (So dysfunctional and featherbrained is this bunch, in fact, that I found myself longing for the Plantagenets, who seem like a breath of sanity by comparison.)

    Plaidy's prose is a little less stiff than usual, perhaps because with George III talking to trees, a Madam von Schwellenburg talking to her pet toads ("'Herr Prince vos up to no goot'"), and everyone taking snuff, it's hard not to have a little authorial fun. My only real complaint, in fact, was with the abrupt ending. I'll have to wait until the next book in the series, Indiscretions of the Queen, to see whether George ever comes back to Maria and whether Queen Charlotte ever throws her snuffbox at Prince George.
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  • happy sam
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2014
    Enjoyed reading this book, and found it very interesting. A good read to go on holiday with. Jean Plaidy always brings long ago characters back to life again for us to see into how things might have been all those years ago.
  • Susan Shepherd
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great find
    Reviewed in Canada on March 19, 2011
    I have not read this yet but have added it to my Plaidy collection to savour at another time..These books are mostly out of print so to find it so easily via Amazon Marketplace and receive it so promptly makes me enormously happy... I am hooked .
  • Bilbo's Buddy
    3.0 out of 5 stars Jean Plaidy Book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2013
    I brought it for my wife. She is into this type of stuff, don't get it myself. What's wrong with the masculine hunk that she sleeps beside each night!? Still, it keeps her mandible shut during the sport on the TV. All these power woman, where will it end?
  • Jfw58
    5.0 out of 5 stars Getting better and better
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2017
    Plaidy is always true to history although she is telling a story. Good Read just about to start the next one!
  • hertsj
    5.0 out of 5 stars a very good and entertaining read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2015
    The 'heroine' of this book wasn't someone I knew much about - her name was really only whispered throughout history. I found it intriguing and being Jean Plaidy, a very good and entertaining read.