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The Pleasures of Men, Kate Williams’ first work of fiction, is a historical thriller that reveals the secrets of 1840 London, amid the corruption that abounds during Queen Victoria’s reign. Nineteen-year-old Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her eccentric uncle in London’s East End, with her colorful imagination her only companion and a mysterious family past. When a series of grisly murders are committed in the city, by someone the papers calls the Man of Crows, Catherine is compelled to investigate the heart of a depraved society obsessed with sex.
One of the leading experts on the Victorian Era, Kate Williams studied at Oxford and teaches Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. She grew up in a small town and has written diverse biographies on Britain’s royal family. Her work appears regularly in newspapers, on the radio and the BBC. Williams’ first book, England's Mistress, a biography of Emma Hamilton, was Book of the Year in the Times and the Independent. In 2008 she published Becoming Queen, on the youth of Queen Victoria and her cousin, Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. Her 2012 book Young Elizabeth covers the formative years of Queen Elizabeth II. Williams is also a familiar face on British TV, as a frequent presenter and commentator of ceremonies and events regarding the royal family.
Young Elizabeth, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2012
The Pleasures of Men, Michael Joseph, London, 2011;
The Ring and the Crown, Alison Weir, Kate Williams, Sarah Gristwood, Tracy Borman, Hutchinson, London, 2011
Becoming Queen, Hutchinson, London, 2008
England's Mistress, Hutchinson, London, 2006
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