Geraldine Roberts: Romance, scandal and diplomacy

The Angel and the Cad is a firm favourite for many Wanstead readers. Geraldine Roberts’ new book The Rebel and the Peacemaker tells the story of Mary and Charles Bagot.

Mary was the elder sister of ‘the cad’ William and shared some notoriety in Regency England. But she and her husband Charles became the first UK ambassadors to the new United States and set a precedent for what diplomacy should do.