Devil's Whore, The (2 Disc Set)

From the Bafta Award winning writer of the critically acclaimed Our Friends in the North comes The Devil’s Whore, a sumptuous story of love, betrayal and renewal set against the backdrop of the English Civil War, a time when yesterday’s lovers could suddenly become tomorrow’s enemies.

This dramatic tale of intrigue and lust follows the trials and tribulations of the manipulative Angelica Fanshawe as she exploits a country in crisis in a bid to better her own position. Angelica is truly a woman ahead of her time. Flirting with controversy even in her childhood when she proclaimed that the Devil appeared to her, she continues to court scandal as a young woman embracing her sexuality to the shock of her husband. With murder and misadventure following her wherever she goes, Angelica becomes inextricably linked with key historical figures, including the heroic revolutionary Rainsborough and Oliver Cromwell.