The Lost Queen: The Tragedy of a Royal Marriage

Caroline-Matilda - Captive Queen to a Royal Madman... She came to the bridal bed half child, half woman, and looked with terror upon the king who barely troubled to mask his contempt for her. There had been whispers about the fledgling ruler of Denmark...about his dark moods, his murderous tantrums, his strange lusts. But no one could speak out against a marriage that united two such powerful kingdoms as England and Denmark. Bewildered, lonely, and hungry for affection, she turned to the one man who dared to be her friend--the king's physician. He knew the trugh, knew that without his warmth and protection Caroline could not survive. He became her refuge...and her lover...and her greatest danger. In "The Lost Queen," Norah Loft has created a spellbinding tale that vividly evokes the stark contrasts of 18th-century Denmark: the cruelty, poverty, and oppression of existence under an absolute monarch sinking into madness; the royal court with its pomp and pageantry; and the hatreds and intrigues that swirled around the young, lovely figure who was, briefly, its queen. *** "A gem of a novel...rich in the atmmosphere of the 18th century...a poignant and romantic love story in Norah Lofts' best style." -- Book Press.