Download or read book The King's Mistress written by Emma Campion and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History has not been kind to Alice Perrers, the notorious mistress of King Edward III. Campion paints a colorful and thrilling portrait of the court of Edward III--with all of its extravagance, scandalous love affairs, political machinations, and murder--and the devastating results of being singled out by the royal family. At the center of the storm is Alice, surviving by her wits in this dangerous world where the choices are not always of her own making.