Democratic Duke and the Mystery of Lady Shrewsbury

Jennifer Poole is a chartered psychologist and registered complementary medicine practitioner based in the south of England. She has a first class honours psychology degree from Portsmouth University, UK, and a post-graduate degree in child development and education from Exeter University, UK. Following careers in design, residential social work and social care management, she now researches, writes and publishes in each of these fields and is the author of three books on dyslexia and autism. Her 2026 biography of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham is the first on this subject for over 70 years and the result of 40 years part-time research. Jennifer is currently working on a public health policy report aimed at assisting the necessary transition of the UK National Health Service from its current drug-based, crisis-intervention focus towards one of non-medicalised, community-based health creation.

• Chapter 1 As a father to his sonsChapter 2 That wild pretenceChapter 3 Freeborn rights Chapter 4 Passing by creekes to and froChapter 5 The malice of ill-wishersChapter 6 A worthy this good lady has acted76Chapter 7 A complicated and diabolical plotChapter 8 A popish and profane partyChapter 9 The nation's potential saviourChapter 10 The Grand DesignChapter 11 This most pernicious allianceChapter 12 The great baitingChapter 13 No more sobriety than to fight about a whoreChapter 14 Such a blemish upon their houseChapter 15 She left a little girlChapter 16 The Historical Descent of ClivedenChapter 17 Many arguments and excusesChapter 18 A general reformationChapter 19 A thing called libertyChapter 20 Making the court odiousChapter 21 Fear of fire and massacring by Catholics Chapter 22 Leaving the playChapter 23 A Deed of Gift for Lady ShrewsburyChapter 24 A man of many partsReferences