Seductive. Vindictive. Powerful. Ravenous.

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Thee life of Barbara Villiers: Charles II's most infamous mistress!

Seductive. Vindictive. Powerful. Ravenous.

Barbara Villiers rose from penniless aristocrat to the wealthy and powerful Duchess of Cleveland, becoming one of the most influential —and infamous — mistresses of King Charles II.

Who was this beguiling woman, regarded by some as 'the curse of the nation'?

Join popular historian Andrea Zuvich, The Seventeenth Century Lady, for a look at the dramatic life of Barbara Villiers, the subject of Zuvich's 2024 biography. 

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