The First Passages of my Historical Novel…
[Author’s Note: written in the 18th century idiom] The Life of Doll Noble A Novel by K M Warwick The Illegitimate daughter of a high ranking London clergyman with a mortal weakness for servant girls, Mistress Doll Noble’s life story is the account of an extraordinary survivor of the deathly Georgian gutter, who was to rise phoenix-like to become London’s most celebrated ‘ madam à la philanthropic ’ . The first volume in a series, author K M Warwick opens the story of Mistress Noble’s life – her early development and her inexorable ascent , her vivid and sometimes reckless adventures . Aided by her extreme beauty , rapier wit , a strong business brain and a philanthropic nature, we learn of her good deeds, dangerous liaisons, diverse business schemes, and her timely good fortune which quickens her journey to the very pinnacle of that other social order that entwines serpent-like around the lives of the rich and famous, inveigling the very fabri...