Catherine Ostler is an author and journalist who has been Editor-in-Chief of Tatler, the Evening Standard’s ES magazine and Editor of The Times Weekend. She has also written for a wide range of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, the Financial Times and Vogue. She read English at Oxford University and is a co-founder of Cliveden Literary Festival. Her first book was the critically acclaimed The Duchess Countess (2021).

‘What a superb, gripping, decadent, colourful biography that brings an extraordinary woman and a whole world blazingly to life. Filled new research, written so elegantly with empathy, passion and cool analysis, The Duchess Countess is an unforgettable, unputdownable read that seems both modern and historical, utterly relevant today - featuring a cast of characters from Marie Antoinette to Catherine the Great, but also the life of a woman who is both adventuress and victim, who achieved vast wealth and great notoriety, becoming one of Europe's most famous women and the star of the most scandalous court case of the century.’

Catherine Ostler is an author and journalist who has been Editor-in-Chief of Tatler, the Evening Standard’s ES magazine and Editor of The Times Weekend. She has also written for a wide range of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, the Financial Times and Vogue. She read English at Oxford University and is a co-founder of Cliveden Literary Festival. Her first book was the critically acclaimed The Duchess Countess (2021).

‘What a superb, gripping, decadent, colourful biography that brings an extraordinary woman and a whole world blazingly to life. Filled new research, written so elegantly with empathy, passion and cool analysis, The Duchess Countess is an unforgettable, unputdownable read that seems both modern and historical, utterly relevant today - featuring a cast of characters from Marie Antoinette to Catherine the Great, but also the life of a woman who is both adventuress and victim, who achieved vast wealth and great notoriety, becoming one of Europe's most famous women and the star of the most scandalous court case of the century.’

Catherine Ostler is an author and journalist who has been Editor-in-Chief of Tatler, the Evening Standard’s ES magazine and Editor of The Times Weekend. She has also written for a wide range of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, the Financial Times and Vogue. She read English at Oxford University and is a co-founder of Cliveden Literary Festival. Her first book was the critically acclaimed The Duchess Countess (2021).

‘What a superb, gripping, decadent, colourful biography that brings an extraordinary woman and a whole world blazingly to life. Filled new research, written so elegantly with empathy, passion and cool analysis, The Duchess Countess is an unforgettable, unputdownable read that seems both modern and historical, utterly relevant today - featuring a cast of characters from Marie Antoinette to Catherine the Great, but also the life of a woman who is both adventuress and victim, who achieved vast wealth and great notoriety, becoming one of Europe's most famous women and the star of the most scandalous court case of the century.’