Blazing Star

He was 'THE WICKEDEST MAN ALIVE'.



He went to Oxford University at the age of 12



He slept with his first prostitute at 13



He was an alcoholic by 14



He was imprisoned in the Tower at 18



He was acclaimed a war hero at 19



He died of syphilis at the age of 33





He was English history's first celebrity.



He was John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester: Poet, dandy and libertine.



BLAZING STAR is a compelling portrait of a remarkable and complex man, and of a cultural golden age that often spilled over into depravity.