The Duchess of Marlborough

In the early eighteenth century, no one stood higher in english society than the duke and duchess of marlborough. Marlborough's triumph at the battle of blenham made him the toast of england. The queen awarded him a large plot of land in woodstock and the funds to create a great palace there. But the project became bogged down in a swamp of litigation - with workmen suing the duchess for wages as well as the architect. She held back van bre's wages aswell as the workman's and finally had the architect dismissed. Van bru died in 17 26, locked out of the palace by theDuchess, unable to set