historical · stuart court · duke · king's favorite · vain · arrogant · incompetent · assassination · 17th century · british history
The English court drips with opulence, a world where the handsome Duke of Buckingham commands attention despite his detractors. His fair features are lit by a charming smile as he idly adjusts his neatly trimmed beard, the politics of the Crown bending to his will—a will shaped more by favour than by experience, yet potent all the same.