- ISBN: 9780008636913
- ISBN 10: 0008636915
- Imprint: Avon
- On Sale: 11/04/2024
- Pages: 384
Synopsis (publisher)
A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations
Windsor, 1940: War rages, and as bombs rain down across Britain, nowhere is safe: not even a royal palace.
Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England
Philadelphia, Present day: Digging into her great aunt's family tree, Lacey Turner comes across a mysterious book bearing the stamp of Windsor Castle's royal bindery. But how did it come to be in her family's possession?
And so begins a journey that will take Lacey from battlefields to Buckingham Palace in a quest to reunite the book with its rightful owner.
My Take
Not really crime fiction, more of a mystery, coupled with a family saga spanning over 80 years.
Sophie Klein is rescued from Austria on the eve of Hitler's invasion by a person at the British Embassy who can see the usefulness of her bilingual abilities and also the chance to help her get out of Vienna. At the same time her ten year old sister is evacuated by philanthropists to America. They will never meet again in Sophie's lifetime.
In present day Philadelphia Lacey Turner discovers a reference to her grandmother's sister, who had been the Royal Librarian at Windsor Castle early during World War II and travels to the UK to discover more about her.
Sophie is employed to keep an eye on events surrounding the former king, the Duke of Windsor, and foils a plot to abduct the royal princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. There is a nice picture drawn of the Princess Elizabeth.
A nice warming story, plus a credible plot.
My rating: 4.5
About the author
Daisy Wood worked in publishing for some years before leaving to concentrate on her own writing. She has had several children’s books published, both historical and contemporary, and is happiest rooting about in the London Library on the pretext of research. She lives in south London and when not locked away in her study can be seen in various city parks, running after a rescue Pointer with a Basset Hound in tow.
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