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Their marriage shocked the most corrupt court in Europe Anne de Bernard, was the richest heiress in France in 1745, and a beautiful bride to be given into a marriage of convenience. Charles Macdonald, an impoverished Scottish nobleman, was the most handsome and notorious young rake in the royal entrouage - no woman was immune to his charms, no man safe from his sword. The wealthy and sheltered Anne was a young woman whose angelic beauty was matched by her spotless innocence. When Anne enters an arranged marriage to Charles, with a reputation for having no morals, and discovers that she is falling in love with her husband. Neither could imagine that their marriage of convenience could defied the power of the king himself....
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Evelyn Anthony was the pen name of Evelyn Bridgett Patricia Stephens Ward-Thomas, Started her career as a writer of historical fiction, later switched to writing contemporary thrillers, often with an espionage theme. She met Michael Ward-Thomas on a double date in The Dorchester and both were attracted to each other.] He worked for the Consolidated African Selection Trust. They switched partners and were married a few months later. They bought Horham Hall in 1968 but found that it was costly and sold it in 1976 and moved to Naas, County Kildare where she had relatives. Increased income from her writing allowed her to buy Horham Hall back in 1982. In 1994 she became High Sheriff of Essex, the firswt woman in over 700 years to hold this office. In 1995 her daughter Kitty died of a heroin overdose, leading Evelyn to not write for another seven years. In 2004 her husband died of a stroke. She was survived by her children Susan, Anthony, Ewan, Christian and Luke as well as 16 grandchildren. NB:Some sources give Ms Anthonys year of birth as 1926. Additional information added from Wikipedia
