The wonderfully bawdy novel captures the dark underbelly of Restoration England as it follows the life of the Countess Ashby de la Zouche, an ex-mistress to Charles II who has fallen on hard times. Selling naughty stories to scandalmongers, she is soon drawn into a complex labyrinth of deceit and violence that is connected to the mysterious world of alchemy. The BBC and Channel 4 are producing a made-for-TV movie of the book; A&E and PBS are both interested in the American rights.
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The wonderfully bawdy novel captures the dark underbelly of Restoration England as it follows the life of the Countess Ashby de la Zouche, an ex-mistress to Charles II who has fallen on hard times. Selling naughty stories to scandalmongers, she is soon drawn into a complex labyrinth of deceit and violence that is connected to the mysterious world of alchemy. The BBC and Channel 4 are producing a made-for-TV movie of the book; A&E and PBS are both interested in the American rights.
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