Abdication

Abdication
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9781408830932
ISBN-13 : 1408830930
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Book Synopsis Abdication by : Juliet Nicolson

Download or read book Abdication written by Juliet Nicolson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the recent death of George V, England has a new king, Edward VIII. But for all the confident pomp and ceremony of the accession, it is a turbulent time. When nineteen-year-old May Thomas arrives in Liverpool, her first job as secretary and chauffeuse to Sir Philip Blunt introduces her to the upper echelons of British society - and to Julian, a young man of conscience whom, despite all barriers of class, she cannot help but fall for. But hidden truths, unspoken sympathies and covert complicities are everywhere, and the threat of another world war becomes increasingly inevitable...


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