Book description
The Queen isn’t going to steal her thunder. It’s 1838, the summer of Queen Victoria’s coronation, and romance is in the air. When best friends Fanny and Emily arrive in London with Fanny’s despairing father in tow, they embrace the hustle and bustle of city life. Almost at once Fanny’s…
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This is an hilarious pastiche of a young woman's diary, supposedly written during the summer of Queen Victoria's coronation. Our heroine and her best friend go up to London to enjoy the social life and see the entertainments surrounding the royal event. In the process they meet several eligible young men, come perilously close to having their reputations severely tarnished, and discover that our heroine's father (who has accompanied them) is even more of a liability than they had thought. The style (in my opinion) perfectly mimics the writing style of the period; the historical detail is excellent -- although…
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