His pet name for her was Cabbage (so much more elegant in French: mon petit chou!). I had so much fun writing the love story of Philip and Lilibet: IN ROYSAL SERVICE TO THE QUEEN releases June 29, 2021The epic, unlikely love story between Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
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Philip was 18 years old and Elizabeth was 13 they first time they remember laying eyes on each other. Neither knew she was a future queen.
HRH The Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh died at Windsor Castle, he was 99.Reading the NYTs announcement I realized that the world would rather talk about the man's tactlessness, his apparent lack of sensitivity and, well, his overwhelming arrogance. It also reminded me that the British royal family are a complete enigma even to their own culture, and that this eccentric character belonged to another age and another time.
Best to try and remember Philip for his work in the many causes, trusts and charities including the conservation and preservation of wildlife. And that he was the affectionate, curious and forward-thinking young man who captured the heart of the the Crown Princess Elizabeth, in the days before royal precedence, rigid formality, Buckingham Palace courtiers and all the hoopla of monarchy got its hands on him.
For all my fellow authors who write historical novels here is an absolute must-read published by the #victoriaandalbertmuseum! Superbly illustrated with detailed information about how we have contorted ourselves to be fashionable, throughout the ages, here is the ultimate book on knickers, bras, girdles and corsets!www.amazon.com/Underwear-Fashion-Detail-Eleri-Lynn/dp/1851776168/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=V%2...
Join me on Tuesday April 6 at 7:00PM when I chat with Anna Lee Huber at Murder by the Book, about her latest installment: A WICKED CONCEIT in her wonderful Lady Darby mystery series!www.murderbooks.com/huber-arlen
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Anna Lee Huber is the Daphne award-winning author of the national bestselling Lady Darby Mysteries and the Verity Kent Mysteries. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she majored in music and minored in psychology. She currently resides in Indiana ...
And it's off to Berkley Publishing for my historical novel: A DRESS OF VIOLET TAFFETA (June 2022) of Lucy Duff Gorden who as couturier Lucile opened fashion houses in London, New York, Chicago and Paris when women were expected to stay at home and drink tea. For three decades this marvelously creative woman held fashionable society spellbound with her exquisite dresses, her line of intimate lingerie and survived the sinking of RMS Titanic!
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Death of a Dishonorable Gentlemen
Death of a Dishonorable Gentlemen will be released by Minotaur Books, St. Martin’s Press January 6, 2015.
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A Party for Winston
A Party for Winston. The second book in the series to be released in January 2016.
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Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon and the Dress of Emotion
Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon is possibly more infamously known for the scandal surrounding her escape from the Titanic in an almost empty lifeboat with her secretary and her husband Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon. Continue reading
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Iyntwood’s Favorite Reads for 1912
It’s that list-making time of year. The ‘best of’ lists…’ As a particularly dedicated list-maker, I wanted to share Iyntwood’s favorite reads for 1912. Continue reading
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Kenneth Grahame and the Wild Wooders
“The Wind in the Willows” published in 1908 by Kenneth Grahame has often been referred to as a pastoral hymn to the rural beauty of England and the relatively un-spoiled countryside of the early 1900s. Continue reading
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Vaslav Nijinksy and the Ballet Russe
It was during the frenzy of the Coronation year of George V in 1911 that brought Nijinsky, star of the Ballet Russe, before the British public. Continue reading
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Bertie and the Entente Cordiale
It seems only right that I kick off this blog with the greatest Edwardian of them all: King Edward VII or Bertie as he was known to his family. Continue reading
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