One house. Two women. Both determined to endure.
 
In 1818 Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen arrives in England to marry the Duke of Clarence — a man twice her age, burdened by scandal, debt and ten illegitimate children. Her duty is clear: restore order to his household and produce an heir to secure the future of the British monarchy.
But Bushy House belongs to another woman.
 
For fifteen years Dorothea Jordan — celebrated actress and the duke’s former companion — filled these rooms with laughter and her children, the FitzClarences. Now her restless spirit has returned to Bushy House. As her portraits are removed and her daughters sent away to make room for the royal bride, she fears her children will lose the duke’s favour.
 
Inspired by the true story of Queen Adelaide and Dorothea Jordan, The Queen of Bushy House is a dual-narrative historical novel about rivalry, motherhood, ambition and the desperate longing to endure.