A Royal Affair

A joy to read, full of wit and fascinating detail. This is history told by a master storyteller – Princess Michael of Kent * Mail on Sunday *A rollickingly good read * Observer *Stella Tillyard tells this astonishing tale with bravura * Sunday Telegraph *A very good read. There is pace, colour and well-researched writing – Leslie Mitchell * Literary Review *In this superbly engrossing and revelatory book, Tillyard’s detective instincts and clever narrative structure work together to inform and delight – Min Wild * Independent on Sunday *Dr Tillyard’s masterful and entertaining accounts of the fates of George’s brothers are poignant reminders of the curse of being born royal – Ben Wilson * Spectator *A ripping good yarn, told with convincing authority * The Times *The numerous fans of her Aristocrats (in which number I include myself) will not be disappointed: here is the same judicious mixture of intimacy and scholarship – Antonia Fraser * Sunday Times *A Royal Affair is an entertaining tale …Tillyard’s account of the brothers is heroic…[she] tells this astonishing tale with bravura – John de Falbe * Daily Telegraph *She has returned to what she knows-and does-best, teasing out the bonds of love, hate and pretend indifference that bind siblings, no matter what their historical pedigree, into a cat’s cradle of consequence * Economist *

Stella Tillyard has been described by Simon Schama as ‘a phenomenally gifted writer’. Her books include Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832; Citizen Lord: Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798; and most recently Tides of War. She has lived in the USA and Italy and now lives in London.

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