Abstract of the book "Lady of Grace and Beauty"

15th-century France. A royal court where beauty can grant power… or become a death sentence. After a mysterious poisoning, King Charles VII’s famous mistress, Agnès Sorel, miraculously survives. The court whispers of divine punishment, the Church waits for her downfall, and the king hastily sends his former lover away to an old neglected castle on the edge of his lands. But no one suspects that the woman who returned after the illness is no longer the same Agnès. Far from court, alongside the only person she truly trusts — her cousin — Agnès begins a new life among ruined halls, dangerous secrets, fading luxury, and jewels that once served only as a king’s whim. Fashion, intrigue, sharp-tongued battles, dangerous alliances, and a man who openly despises the “royal favorite” from the very f