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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Holden, Wendy.     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.       by title:      The royal governess ...       by call number:      LP FICTION HOL     Search the Web     Holden, Wendy.     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. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020. Call #: LP 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:  9781432879297 (large print hc) Edition:  Large print ed. Description:  669 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Notes:  Thorndike Press large print basic. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references in acknowledgments. Summary:  "In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring the little Princesses 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 their sheltered and privileged lives. At Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral, Marion defies stuffy protocol to take the princesses 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 twentieth-century history's most seismic events. The trauma of the Abdication, the glamour of the Coronation, the onset of World War II. She steers the little girls through it all, as close as a mother. During Britain's darkest hour, as Hitler's planes 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 present when Elizabeth first sets eyes on Philip. But being beloved confidante to the Windsors comes at huge personal cost. Marriage, children, her own views -- all are compromised by proximity to royal glory. In this majestic story of love, sacrifice and allegiance, bestselling novelist Holden shines a captivating light into the years before Queen Elizabeth II took the throne."--Publisher. Genre:  Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Large Print Fiction LP FICTION HOL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Large Print Fiction LP FICTION HOL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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