
Christmas with the Queen - Heather Webb
Heather Webb
- Pages · 384 pages
- Publication Date · 21/11/2024
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Curl up this winter with a heart-warming Christmas romance for fans of The Crown and Downton Abbey! 'A page-turning festive read, full of will they/won't they romance, intriguing glimpses of royal life behind palace doors, and inspiring culinary treats. As delicious as a Christmas pudding topped with flaming brandy and lashings of cream' Gill Paul ************************************ December 1952 As a young Queen Elizabeth II prepares to deliver her first Christmas speech, staff work behind the scenes to get ready for the festivities at Sandringham Estate. Among them are Jack and Olive - old friends who are surprised to be reunited after seven years apart. While Olive works for the BBC reporting on the royal family, and Jack is employed in the queen's kitchens, their bond deepens - until a secret threatens to tear them apart. When the truth comes to light, it could change Olive and Jack's lives forever. But maybe Christmas has one last gift to deliver. Readers love Christmas with the Queen!: `Oh what a gorgeous read. full of warmth and love and nostalgia' ★★★★★ `So well researched you almost feel like you are with the Queen' ★★★★★ `I loved this book from the very first page' ★★★★★ 'Jack and Olive were both wonderfully real and complex, they leapt from the page . A captivating Christmas read to be savoured' Amanda Geard 'A must read for anyone in need of Christmas magic' Georgie Blalock
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