On the Bookshelf - The Courtiers by Lucy Worsley
I've been dying to write about THE COUTIERS: Splendor and Intrigue at the Georgian Court of Kensington Palace ever since I first received the email from the publicity department at Bloomsbury offering me a review copy. Unfortunately thanks to the USPS, I didn't receive the book until sometime last month even though it was sent to me sometime in July. Seriously Pony Express would have been faster or if they had just tossed it to me across town. THE COURTIERS by Lucy Worsley is a treasure trove of information about the Georgian Court. Ms. Worsley knows her stuff as she would since she works at the Palace, which has to be the coolest job ever. The book is deliciously written with seperate chapters on William Kent, the artist, who painted a gorgeous mural in the palace to poor Henrietta Howard who has the misfortune to be George II's mistress. Misfortune because George II really didn't want to have a mistress. He was madly in love with Queen Caroline but he felt t...