The Infamous Sophie Dawes: New Light on the Queen of Chantilly

A biography of the British woman who left behind life in a brothel to become a baroness in a French chateau, and perhaps a killer.
She was the daughter of an alcoholic Isle of Wight smuggler. Much of her childhood was spent in the island's workhouse. Yet Sophie Dawes threw off the shackles of her downbeat formative years to become one of the most talked-about personalities in post-revolutionary France.
It was the ultimate rags to riches story that would see her become the mistress of the f...