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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Holden, Wendy, 1965-     Subjects     Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.     Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.     Crawford, Marion, 1909-1988 -- Fiction.     Princesses -- Fiction.     Royal governesses -- Fiction.     Governesses -- England -- Fiction.     England -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Holden, Wendy, 1965-       by title:      The royal governess ...       by call number:      FICTION HOL     Search the Web     Holden, Wendy, 1965-     Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.     Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.     Crawford, Marion, 1909-1988 -- Fiction.     Princesses -- Fiction.     Royal governesses -- Fiction.     Governesses -- England -- Fiction.     England -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The royal governess : a novel of Queen Elizabeth II's childhood / Wendy Holden. by Holden, Wendy, 1965- Berkley, 2020. Call #: FICTION HOL Subjects Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.   Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.   Crawford, Marion, 1909-1988 -- Fiction.   Princesses -- Fiction.   Royal governesses -- Fiction.   Governesses -- England -- Fiction.   England -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780593101322 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  432 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring their Royal Highnesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Her one stipulation to their parents the Duke and Duchess of York is that she bring some doses of normalcy into the sheltered and privileged lives of the two young princesses. At Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and Balmoral, Marion defies oppressive court protocol to take the girls on tube trains, swimming at public baths, and on joyful Christmas shopping trips at Woolworth's. From her ringside seat at the heart of the British monarchy she witnesses the upheaval of the abdication and the glamour and drama of the 1937 Coronation. During the war, as Hitler's Heinkels fly over Windsor, she shelters her charges in the castle dungeons (not far from where the Crown Jewels are hidden in a biscuit tin). Afterwards, she is there when Elizabeth first sets eyes on Philip. But being beloved governess and confidante to the Windsor family has come at a cost. She puts her private life on hold until released from royal service following Princess Elizabeth's marriage in 1947. In a majestic story of love, sacrifice, and allegiance, Holden shines a captivating light into the years before Queen Elizabeth II took the throne, as immortalized on the popular television series The Crown." Genre:  Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION HOL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION HOL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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