About the Author

Hallie Rubenhold was born in Los Angeles to English parents, studied history at the University of Massachusetts and history and the history of art at the University of Leeds where she received her MA and MPhil in eighteenth-century British social history. She worked as the Assistant Curator at the National Portrait Gallery, London before deciding to teach history and write full-time. Her first book, The Covent Garden Ladies was recently published by Tempus to great acclaim. She lives in Muswell Hill, London.

Reviews

Rubenhold's first book, The Covent Garden Ladies was recently published by Tempus to great acclaim. 'Has all the atmosphere and edge of a good novel... magnificent' FRANCES WILSON, author of The Courtesan's Revenge.