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Wendy Holden Collection 2 Books Set (The Governess, The Duchess) - Fiction - Hardback Fiction Welbeck Publishing Group
Wendy Holden Collection 2 Books Set (The Governess, The Duchess) - Fiction - Hardback Fiction Welbeck Publishing Group
Wendy Holden Collection 2 Books Set (The Governess, The Duchess) - Fiction - Hardback Fiction Welbeck Publishing Group
Wendy Holden Collection 2 Books Set (The Governess, The Duchess) - Fiction - Hardback Fiction Welbeck Publishing Group
Wendy Holden Collection 2 Books Set (The Governess, The Duchess) - Fiction - Hardback Fiction Welbeck Publishing Group
Wendy Holden Collection 2 Books Set (The Governess, The Duchess) - Fiction - Hardback Fiction Welbeck Publishing Group

Wendy Holden Collection 2 Books Set (The Governess, The Duchess) - Fiction - Hardback

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2 books included

  1. The Governess

    Book 1

  2. The Duchess

    Book 2
SKU B2D4326 ISBN: 9781787394667
by Welbeck Publishing Group
Titles In This Set:

1. The Governess
2. The Duchess

Description:

The Governess
She Came From Nothing . . . and Raised a Queen

The drama of the Abdication, the glamour of the Coronation, the trauma of World War II – Marion Crawford, affectionately known as Crawfie, stood by the side of the royal family through it all.

In 1933, a progressive young teacher became governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Determined to give her pupils a fun and normal childhood, she took them on buses, swimming at public baths and Christmas shopping at Woolworths.

For seventeen years she served at the heart of the royal family. But her devotion and loyalty counted for nothing when a perceived betrayal brought everything crashing down.

The Duchess
Love can change the course of history...

Arriving in 1928, Wallis was a divorced, penniless, middle-aged foreigner with average looks and no connections. Yet, just eight years later, a king renounced his throne for her.

How did a woman from nowhere capture the heart of the world's most glamorous bachelor? Wendy Holden tells the amazing story...

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