Pretty Witty Nell: An Account of Nell Gwun and Her Environment

by Clifford Bax

. 1932 1st edition SIGNED author, front end paper clipped, otherwise clean bright copy, no markings, no dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981

1000 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1932

Reviews

[Gerald Greene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mistress to King Charles II, an account of high society in 18th century England from the perspective of a woman loved by the king.

[Margaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very readable and engaging biography of Nell Gwynne, actress and mistress of Charles II. It's the kind of bio nobody writes anymore, because nowadays biographers want to make sure you know how much research they've done, so they put every last scrap of it in their 800 page door-stoppers.

The only problem: Bax devotes the last chapter to an astrological study of Nell Gwynne, showing how her stars influenced her life. Which was a little weird, coming at the end of an otherwise conventional biography.