Stella Tillyard has been described by Simon Schama as "dazzling . . . a phenomenally gifted writer." Her books include "Aristocrats" "Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832"; "Citizen Lord" "Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798"; and most recently "A Royal Affair" "George III and his Troublesome Siblings". She has lived in the United States and Italy and now lives in London.