Set between the years 1642 and 1660 and against the explosive backdrop of the English Civil War, The Devil's Mistress explores a country in crisis through the eyes of young Angelica Fanshawe-from the abandonment of her loyalty to the Royal Family to her destitute existence as a prostitute to her position as the intimate confidante of the notorious Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England.

Set between the years 1642 and 1660 and against the explosive backdrop of the English Civil War, The Devil's Mistress explores a country in crisis through the eyes of young Angelica Fanshawe-from the abandonment of her loyalty to the Royal Family to her destitute existence as a prostitute to her position as the intimate confidante of the notorious Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England.