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In every generation, there comes along a person so scandalous, so rebellious, so willing to break taboos that they topple the world?s ideas of what being a free spirit truly means. In the 17th century that person was unequivocally John Wilmot, AKA the 2nd Earl of Rochester.
Set against the extraordinary backdrop of The Restoration. A close confidante of the high-living King Charles II, the Earl delights in lampooning England?s royals with his subversive wit and scandalizing London society with his sexual escapades ? all the while reveling in getting away with anything he can. But when the Earl falls in love with Elizabeth Barry, the theatrical protege, their affair and a subsequent betrayal will be the start of the Earl?s plunge from the heights of social celebrity to the depths of ruin, as he seeks his final redemption.
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