A thrilling portrait of the wild freedoms enjoyed at the court of Charles II, focusing on the most notorious man of the age, the scandalous Earl of Rochester.
A biography of John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester. A 17th century poet, dandy and libertine, he was portrayed by Johnny Depp in the film "The Libertine", and was once branded 'the wickedest man alive'.
Challenges the accepted wisdom that has prevailed for centuries that Wilmot was a dastardly blighter in his conduct and a pornographer in his poetry, painting instead a portrait of one of English literature's brightest lights who died, as bright lights do, far too young'
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