Borman's biography reveals a woman who was far more than the mistress to King George II. She was a dedicated patron of the arts, a lively and talented intellectual, a victim of violence and adultery, and a passionate advocate for the rights of women. Above all she is portrayed as a woman of reason in the Age of Reason.
Chapter 1. ‘A Backwater in Time’
Chapter 2. ‘Man’s Tyrannick Power’
Chapter 7. ‘These fools may ne’er agree’
Chapter 8. ‘J’aurai des maîtresses’
Chapter 9. ‘A house in Twittenham’
Chapter 10. ‘Dunce the second reigns like Dunce the first’
Chapter 11. ‘Dunce the second reigns like Dunce the first’
Chapter 12. ‘Comforting the King’s Enemies’
Chapter 13. ‘Pleasing one not worth the pleasing’
Chapter 15. ‘The Melancholy Shades of Privacy’
Chapter 16. ‘Where Suffolk sought the peaceful scene’
Chapter 17. ‘An essential loss’