The Princess of Celle — Jean Plaidy

SHE WAS ONLY AN INNOCENT GERMAN PRINCESS. BUT SHE WOULD INHERIT THE MIGHTIEST KINGDOM OFALL....

Princess Sophia Dorothea wanted only to live forever in Germany's Celle. But it was ordained that she marry the hideous George Lewis, the son of the mighty Ernest Augustus of Hanover and the Duchess Sophia, an ambitious woman intent on revenge.

Sophia Dorothea leaves her idyllic home, armed only with the memory of the handsome Count Philip Konigsmarck, a man who showed her much kindness when she was a mere child of seven. She makes her way to Hanover, where court infidelities and scandals run rampant.

All seems hopeless for the young princess until Philip comes to the court and their love is rekindled and reciprocated in a passion that could never be accepted in Hanover. As the Hanovers fulfill their destiny as powerful rulers of England, Sophia Dorothea moves towards her fate, powerless to stop the political whisperings against her....