The Duchess: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Governess

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Like a train wreck, you don’t want to read about her, but yet with the right book (as in this one) you just can’t help yourself.

Overwhelming (if disputed) evidence suggests that Chaucer wrote the poem to commemorate the death of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt. year old Angelique Latham has just lost her father The Duke of Westerfield when her half brothers from the Duke's first marriage promptly throw her out since British Law does not entail women to inherit only the first born son. Although Mrs Simpson had been held up as a ‘scarlet woman’ who tempted Britain’s king away from the throne, Holden takes a new stance, portraying her as an innocent, slightly naive woman who was out of her depth in aristocratic society. if anything more perfectly encapsulates the condition of royalty than dressing up and pretending to be something we're not, I can't think what it is. Her tantrums are justified, she is pregnant ofc and here's another bit*h trying to harm her and the baby just to covet her husband.

Unable to secure employment without references or connections, Angélique desperately makes her way to Paris, where she rescues a young woman fleeing an abusive madam—and suddenly sees a possibility: Open an elegant house of pleasure that will protect its women and serve only the best clients. When widow Magnolia De Solange was gravely wounded and saved by the Duke of Salicera, she could not help but imagine what a life of comfort and safety would mean for her and her son. Ich denke auch nicht, dass Wallis so abstinent gelebt hat, bis sie auf Edward traf, so sehr die Vorstellung in das romantische Bild passen würde. Like some other reviewers, I wish I had known how many years separated some events in the overall timeline, but in general I loved this book and would highly recommend it to anyone who loves historical fiction and all things royal!

But Holden portrays her in the first half as a woman who plotted and planned her connections with the establishment - then in the second half as a wilting, fainting, fragile naïveté . I normally love historical fiction that takes place in Britain in the 1920’s to 1930’s, but I was disappointed with this one. The first book of this fascinating series, The Governess, fictionalised the long-buried story of Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford, childhood governess to the Queen, and the third, The Princess, will feature the lesser-known early years of Diana, Princess of Wales. The incomparable Danielle Steel breaks new ground as she takes us to nineteenth-century England, where a high-born young woman is forced out into the world—and begins a journey of survival, sensuality, and long-sought justice. Het verhaal begint wanneer Wallis in Londen arriveert met Ernest en eindigt wanneer ze Groot-Brittannië met Edward verlaat.The knight tells the story of his fumbling declaration of love and the long time it took for the love to be reciprocated and that they were in perfect harmony for many years. She could feel someone presence and tried to speak but no words were coming out Mia was confused but suddenly felt a whispering so to grasp the situation she opened her eyes with difficulty and with blurry eyes she found an angelic figure hovering over her and a unfamiliar surrounding confused she tried to push the man glaring at him for this behavior but instead of getting away from her he started kissing her furiously not even letting her breath for once and when she was almost going to faint he left her Mia was angry and started struggling but to no vain as this was the starting the real thing was yet to begin.

Angelique takes an unfamiliar and unimaginable path in setting up what becomes a highly successful business.Cora – transplanted to the duke's chilly castle at Lulworth, sneered at for her American ways by servants and aristocrats alike, and forced to face up to her new husband's dark secret – becomes much more sympathetic. Wallis had a reputation for being extraordinarily amusing which didn't quite come across --and I found her obsession with her wardrobe, and a yearning to belong to England's dull, snobbish and utterly vile top drawer of society a bit repetitive. Each character, however minor, is introduced by means of a minute description of the fabric they're wearing: Cora's ballgown is made of a silk "specially woven in Lyons"; the Duke's housekeeper moves "in a rustle of bombazine"; and Cora's father, Winthrop Rutherford II, sports a brocade waistcoat and a natty pair of satin breeches. On her father's deathbed he secretly gives her a larg