The Rebel and the Peacemaker: The Incredible True Story of Mary and Charles Bagot

Scandal exiled them from London. Destiny called them to Washington.

When it came to Charles and Mary Bagot, the gossips of Regency England had more than their fill of scandal. When rumours of a particularly salacious affair broke through London, the couple were banished to the New World, to serve their penance as British Ambassadors to America.

After a perilous voyage across the Atlantic, Charles and Mary set up their embassy in the mudflows of Washington, at a pivotal moment in the new natio...