Publisher's Synopsis
Sold into wedlock to pay off gambling debts, Lady Rosamunde de Valence became the wife of Earl Aubrey Godwine, The Earl of Castle Combe for one purpose only, to bear him sons. Once that deed had been performed satisfactorily, she turned her attention to achieving independence for herself. Not an easy task in 18th century England where wives suffered legal impotence and nonentity and were classified as a part of their husband's being, having no identity of their own.Blessed with guile and intelligence, this is the story of how she went about it.
