The royal nanny by karen harper6/1/2023 ![]() ![]() This is textbook historical fiction, and I mean that literally. The Queen is steeped in secrets (why they used the singular of secret in the title is beyond me) – of a personal, mostly sexual (though not sexy) nature – and these concern her with a similar immediacy as the prospect of a world overrun by the Third Reich. Would that she were a more content woman. Her life is a good one by the standards of monarchs and their subjects – filled with a good spouse, healthy children. In 1939, Queen Elizabeth is consort to King George VI (he of The King’s Speech) and mother to two children, including her daughter, today’s Queen Elizabeth II. It took me thirty-three days to read this one. I’ll start with some basic math: I can read a good book in a day. I don’t think I’ve ever said anything like this before, but I’m honestly not sure I have the ability to convey how dreadful a book The Queen’s Secret is. ![]()
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