The New King, the New Queen, the Queen's Mistress

Queen anne died in august of 17 14, and despite seven ten pregnancies, queen anne had no heirs. Mary began to learn german just so that she could cultivate those of the new king's mistresses who had accompanied him from germany. She fell in with two satirists in particular, one man named john gay, who was later famous for his beggar's opera,. A poet named alexander pope, already famous as a writer. These three wits and wags wrote a series of thinly veiled satires, like roasts.