The story of George IV’s five relationships outside his marriage, all vastly different (and amusing), famous and infamous. Extravagantly told by an 18th-century specialist, with a special focus on the unique personalities of the mistresses.
The future George IV was publicly denounced as a libertine and companion of gamblers because his amours were as notorious and extravagant as his building projects. Levy entertains us with the (sometimes difficult) lives and fascinating personalities of the five mistresses - actress Mary Robinson (whose memoirs are below.), Maria Fitzherbert (whom the king secretly married), Lady Jersey, Lady Hertford, and Lady Conyngham, the companion of his final years.