The Princess of Celle

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Putnam, 1985 - Fiction - 335 pages
After her marriage to the ruthless, dissolute man who would claim the British throne as George I, the beautiful, virtuous Sophia Dorothea is neglected until she falls in love with Swedish adventurer Count Konigsmarck.

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Contents

Prologue
9
Romance in Breda
39
The Rival Courts
67
Copyright

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The Princess of Celle: (Georgian Series)
Jean Plaidy
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About the author (1985)

Jean Plaidy was a British writer who wrote under various pen names. Her real name is Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert. She was born in London on September 1, 1906. Most of the books written as Jean Plaidy are historical romances based on English history featuring historical figures. The first, Beyond the Blue Mountains, was published in 1947. Hibbert also wrote five nonfiction histories and two children's books. Besides Jean Plaidy, Hibbert wrote under Victoria Holt, Phillipa Carr, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Ellalice Tate, and her maiden name, Eleanor Burford. Hibbert died on January 18, 1993.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Princess of Celle
Volume 1 of Georgian Saga, Jean Plaidy
AuthorJean Plaidy
Editionreprint
PublisherPutnam, 1985
ISBN0399130705, 9780399130700
Length335 pages
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