Lisa Hilton FRHistS (born 1974)[1] is a British writer of history books, historical fiction, articles for magazines and newspapers including Vogue and The Sunday Telegraph, librettist, and as L.S.
[3] Athénais: The Real Queen of France (2002) is a biography of Louis XIV's mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan.
A review of this book draws parallels between her and Camilla Parker-Bowles, the former mistress of King Charles III, now his wife and Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.
The Horror of Love (2011) tells the story of famous English novelist and socialite Nancy Mitford's relationship with Gaston Palewski.
Her biography maps Elizabeth's dramatic journey from a timid, newly crowned queen to one of England's most successful monarchs.
[10] The Independent praised it as 'an impressive balancing act; while eruditely analysing Renaissance ideas and Elizabethan realpolitik it retains all the sexiness we have come to expect from books about the Tudors.
... Hilton is particularly good at describing how Elizabeth created an immediately recognisable image and then presented it through portraits rich in allegory.
The opera received its first performance in Milan at the Piccolo Teatro on 25 June 2016, conducted by James Ross,[16][17] with its US premiere in New York City, at Symphony Space, in October 2016.