Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden revive en esta novela los años de infancia de la reina Isabel II y da a conocer a la vivaz institutriz que la convirtió en el icono que hoy conocemos.En 1933 la joven Marion Crawford acepta el empleo de su vida como institutriz de las princesas Lilibet y Margarita. La unica condicion que pone a los padres de las niñas, los duques de York, es poder aportar ciertas dosis de normalidad a sus protegidas y privilegiadas vidas.En el palacio de Buckingham, el castillo de Windsor y Balmoral, Marion desafia el estricto protocolo para llevar a las princesas en metro, a nadar en piscinas publicas y en divertidas salidas para hacer compras navideñas en Woolworths. Desde un lugar privilegiado en el corazon de la monarquia britanica, Marion es testigo de los acontecimientos mas trascendentales de la historia del siglo xx: el impacto de la abdicacion, el glamur de la coronacion, el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial Ella acompaña a las princesas en esos momentos cruciales y se convierte en una figura tan cercana como una madre. Aun en los dias mas oscuros de Gran Bretaña, con los aviones de Hitler sobrevolando Windsor, Marion protege a las niñas en las mazmorras del castillo. Incluso esta presente cuando Isabel se fija por primera vez en el joven Felipe.Pero ser una querida confidente de los Windsor tiene un alto coste personal. Matrimonio, hijos, los propios puntos de vista todos estan comprometidos por la cercania a la realeza.En esta fascinante historia de amor, sacrificio y lealtad, Wendy Holden nos cautiva con una novela sobre los años previos a que la reina Isabel II accediera al trono. Personajes cautivadores y una maravillosa combinacion de precision historica y energia narrativa... un relato desgarrador sobre la lealtad y el amor. Sally Morris, Daily Mail Una novela hermosa y cautivadora, con mucha investigacion... El intimo y emotivo relato de Lilibet, la futura reina Isabel II, es una pieza maestra. Rachel HoreUna conmovedora novela con una imaginacion brillante (...) sobre el sacrificio, los vinculos, las tensas lealtades y una sociedad inglesa dividida en la era pos-Downton Abbey. Elizabeth Buchan

Kate, a journalist in a small northern town, is fed up with covering black pudding championships for the Slackmucklethwaite Mercury and living with Mum, Dad and Gran in a semi called Wits End. When evil tycoon Peter Hardstone takes over the paper, slashes budgets and sacks staff, Kate''s career hits an all-time low. Gloom turns to glamour once Hardstone''s sexy son arrives to work on the Mercury. And when Kate''s sent with him to cover the glittering Cannes Film Festival, she can''t believe her luck. But it''s not all fun and games, behind the glitz and sunshine lies a dark mystery that is Kate''s most challenging newspaper assignment yet.

Laura Lake, editor of glossy magazine Society, is always on the hunt for scandalous scoops to fill her pages. Now she's discovered a top-secret village in the English countryside where the rich and famous own weekend retreats. Where film stars, Turner-prize winners and billionaires park their helicopters outside the gastropub and buy 100 sourdough loaves from the deli.

The eagerly awaited and brilliant new novel from bestselling author Wendy Holden. The beautifulvillage ofAllsop seemed shire bliss? When Mary meets Monty, heir to a stately pile, happiness seems assured. But as the mansion crumbles, passion wanes along with the heating . Bankers wife Beth swaps Notting Hill for weekends at a bijou cottage. They only offered a smidgeon over the asking price. So why dont the locals like them? Eco-harridan Morag is the terror of the village, with her objections to everyone and everything. ber-WAG Alexandra needs a footballers mansion and fast. There must be a Hello!-tastic country pile with spa, champagne bar and parking for six SUVs somewhere? Ambitions clash when the village launches an allotment project and no one escapes the bitter struggle over sex, power and money which threatens to blight more than everyones carrots.

Wendy Holden, Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Wives of Bath and Bad Heir Day, is back with a witty and romantic new series set around a university campus.

The Number One bestselling author of The Wives of Bath and Bad Heir Day returns with a sharp and funny slice of romantic comedy set around a music festival ... carry on Glamping!

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He taught them the most important lesson of all how to live Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts At the dark heart of the Holocaust there was a wooden hut whose walls were painted with cartoons a place where children sang staged plays and wrote poetry Safely inside but still in the shadow of the chimneys they were given better food kept free of vermin and were even taught meditation to imagine full stomachs and a day without fear The man who became their guiding light was a young Jewish prisoner named Fredy Hirsch But being a teacher in such a brutal concentration camp was no mean feat Whether it was begging the SS for better provisions or hiding his homosexuality from his persecutors he risked his life every day for one thing to protect the children from the mortal danger they all faced Time is running out for Fredy and the hundreds of children in his care Can he find a way to teach them the one lesson they really need to know how to survive Assiduously researched and drawn from archives and survivor testimonies historian and biographer Wendy Holden tells the inspirational and uplifting true story of Fredy Hirsch The Teacher of Auschwitz

A hilarious tale from Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author WENDY HOLDEN. For fans of MARRYING UP and BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. Unmissable Daily Mirror

Four parents-to-be seem ante-natally sorted. Flash Hugo and Amanda have booked a chic private clinic and royal maternity nurse. Right-on Jake and Alice want an all-natural home birth with whale music and tree-hugging nappies. But nothing goes quite to plan. Amanda finds motherhood less glam than the stars make it look and disappears back to her career. Which leaves Hugo with the child and without a clue what to do. Alice has problems too. Bringing up baby to Jake''s eco-fascist standards means home-made organic everything and a recycled cardboard cot. Will nappiness bring happiness to anybody? Not before bedhopping spouses, beastly bosses and bitchy nursery mothers have all done their dreadful worst...

She stopped at nothing. To get everything. Scheming social climber Alexa may be humbly born. But she's a class-hopping cruise missile aimed at the very top of the gold-digging tree. Only a title, mansion and family tiara will do. Befriending feckless aristo Florrie (three surnames plus black hole where her brain should be) means the grandest doors swing open and the prince of her dreams is in sight. But has Florrie's mother, the formidable Lady Annabel, rumbled what Alexa is up to? Beautiful but penniless student Polly, meanwhile, is in love. Is Max, the handsome young vet she's found in a country lane, quite as ordinary as he seems, however? Passionate love, eye-widening snobbery and more than naked ambition abound in this contemporary Cinderella tale - a deliciously satirical novel of the upwardly mobile.

Champagne DVyne is a celebrity socialite with a charmed life - and a mania for men, money and fame. Jane is a journalist with an ordinary life - love stress, work stress and a spare tyre that wont go away. As their contrasting worlds become bizarrely intertwined, Jane realises that the blonde, busty and blatantly ambitious Champagne will let nothing come between her and what she wants. Least of all Jane.

Ruthless, beautiful Belinda wants a rich and famous man. Her problem is that interviewing Z-list celebs offers zero opportunity for megastar-bagging. Gentle Grace, meanwhile, only wants a quiet life. Her problems include an egomaniac boyfriend, a meddling mother and a publishing job with the authors from hell.Belinda finally makes the A-list, while Grace finds fame thrust upon her in the shape of a handsome film star. As the girls lives and careers spectacularly collide, their real problems begin...

Kate, a journalist in a small northern town, is fed up with covering black pudding championships for the Slackmucklethwaite Mercury and living with Mum, Dad and Gran in a semi called Wits End. When evil tycoon Peter Hardstone takes over the paper, slashes budgets and sacks staff, Kates career hits an all-time low. Gloom turns to glamour once Hardstones sexy son arrives to work on the Mercury. And when Kates sent with him to cover the glittering Cannes Film Festival, she cant believe her luck. But its not all fun and games: behind the glitz and sunshine lies a dark mystery that is Kates most challenging newspaper assignment yet.

Its the new university term among the dreaming spires. The start of a whole new life.Meet Isabel, beautiful, clever, shy - and leaving home for the first time.Meet Olly, recently graduated, idealistic and a little hopeless, a man whose heart leads his brain and for whom opportunity just hasnt come knocking - yet.Meet Amber, the It girl who is soon partying with the fast set - and no-one is faster than Jasper de Borchy, glamorous leader of the notorious Bullinger club.Meet the grown-ups: Diana, recently divorced mother-of-one, newly arrived in town to take up a post as college gardener - and Richard, the new college head, a widower, a scientist, and as lonely as some of the specimens he captures in his science lab. The rich, the poor, the shy, the extrovert, the givers, the takers. Meet the Gifted and Talented.

Dans le Londres d’avant-guerre, deux petites filles se promènent avec leur gouvernante.L’une d’elles accèdera bientôt au trône.Les princesses Elizabeth et Margaret adorent Marion, qui leur fait décou

Perfect for fans of The CrownBellaPrincess Dianas early years come to breathtaking life in this gripping novel which watchers of The Crown will devour.Touching and distinctive Rachel HoreFabulous behind-the-scenes royal drama Imogen Edwards-JonesDiana is depicted as warm, empathetic and mischievousMail on Sunday___________Diana believes in love. Growing up amid the fallout of her parents bitter divorce, she takes refuge in romantic novels. She dreams of being rescued by a handsome prince.Prince Charles loves his freedom. Hes in no rush to wed, but his family have other ideas. Charles must marry for the future of the Crown.The right girl needs to be found, and fast. She must be young, aristocratic and free of past liaisons.The teenage Diana Spencer is just about the only candidate. Her desperation to be loved dovetails with royal desperation for a bride.But the route to the altar is full of hidden obstacles and people with their own agendas.When she steps from the golden carriage on her wedding day, has Dianas romantic dream come true?Or is it already over?___________Readers love The Princess:This delicate, sometimes wistful story will delight fans of historical fiction and British royaltyBooklistA fresh perspective on a woman whom many people feel they already knowLibrary JournalFascinatingWomans WeeklyFictionalises Dianas life in riveting and tender detailPlatinumA compelling readPrimaScurrilous, funny, sharp, shot through with pathosSaga, Pick of the MonthA super-romantic royal wedding that was nothing like it seemed. Wendy delves beneath the glamour and public persona. FascinatingWoman

[A] fun and fizzy romantic comedy says the Daily Mail. Wendy Holden, the number one bestselling queen of romantic comedy, returns with a wonderfully warm and witty tale, guaranteed to delight her legions of fans. With plenty of laughter, love, fun and characters you really care about, this is the perfect companion for a weekend spent curled up on the sofa Heat magazineWhen Nell is marooned at the altar, her feisty best friend Rachel says shell come with her on honeymoon instead. Why waste a week in a posh country hotel?So the duo, plus Rachels Agatha Christie-obsessed small daughter Juno, head for the hills and idyllic Edenville, on the edge of the beautiful Pemberton estate. Awaiting them is a cast of colourful characters from Jason the harassed hotel manager to the ruthless Angela, Director of HR. Not to mention the handsome Dylan, a bestselling writer on the run from his past. Nell doesnt want to go back to London, so when a job on the estate comes up, shes happy to stay. Even if it is arranging weddings in the Big House! As she becomes entangled in the lives of the locals - and they weave their way into her heart - she realises there might be a way to reach the rainbows end after all