The Court — Elizabeth Walker (1)

LADY MARIA: PRIVILEGED, LUSTFUL AND DOOMED

From The Court, a Yorkshire estate larger than some of the Royal Family's palaces; to London's dark, tantalizing underworld of sex and drugs; Lady Mara Hellyn was known as one of Britain's young, glittering, golden celebrities. She had grown up with dreams of a debut, a high-society wedding, and a life of leisure and pleasure. Her father's sudden death exploded her expectations and exposed the truth--the Hellyn money was gone. Desperate to save The Court, hungry for status, and running wild, Mara and her brothers and sister were soon making headlines in the tabloids. Then Mara did the unforgivable. She fell in love with a prince... and it was a liaison the Royal Family would do anything to stop.

As absorbing as Dominick Dunne's People Like Us, THE COURT reveals every shocking secret of England's upper classes from the inside out. It's an intimate look into the private lives of today's aristocracy... and into the stunning schemes of those rich and powerful enough to seduce them.