" Much as I loved Du Maurier's REBECCA and THE KING'S GENERAL, I've found some of her other books less appealing, this one included. It should be juicy, right? The tale of an ordinary girl who rose to become mistress to the Duke of York in the time of George III. And yet... Du Maurier also writes in a very different style than her usual, I think to imitate Mary Anne's plain speech, but it began to grate on me. So sad. "
— Christina, 2/5/2014