Exit the Actress, Priya Parmar
Exit the Actress, Priya Parmar
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Exit the Actress

Author: Priya Parmar

Narrator: Charlotte Parry

Unabridged: 15 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/01/2011

Synopsis

Exit the Actress marks the promising debut of historical fiction author Priya Parmar. Following her discovery selling oranges outside of Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Ellen "Nell" Gwyn leaves behind a life of poverty to become a theatre star. Soon she is mistress to the libertine king Charles II. And though their love is true, gossip-mongers and court politics threaten to tear their romance apart. "This debut novel captures the glamorous world of the amoral court [of Charles II] and the struggle of the city."-Philippa Gregory, New York Times best-selling author

Reviews

Goodreads review by Misha

Being a historical fiction fan, I am always on the look out for new books or new authors in this genre. When I first came across Exit the Actress, it was the blurb on the cover by Philippa Gregory that attracted me to the book. I had never heard of Nell Gwyn since I had not read books from that time......more

Goodreads review by CoffeeBook

Books sweep you away into their world, but historical fiction makes you live in it. Exit the Actress by Priya Parmar takes place in the mid-1600s and tells the story of Ellen Gwynn, also known as Nell. Starting out as an orange seller to the audience during theater productions, and with a mother who......more

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