History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

The People’s Princess Author: Flora Harding Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: One More Chapter Release Date: March 31, 2022 Pages: 322 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Step behind the palace doors in this gripping historical novel that is a must read for fans of The Crown and Princess Diana!      Buckingham Palace, 1981      Her engagement to Prince Charles is a dream come true for Lady Diana Spencer but marrying the heir to the throne is not all that it seems. Alone and bored in the palace, she resents the stuffy courtiers who are intent on instructing her about her new role as Princess of Wales…      But when she discovers a diary written in the 1800s by Princess Charlotte of Wales, a young woman born into a gilded cage so like herself, Diana is drawn into the story of Charlotte’s reckless love affairs and fraught relationship with her father, the Prince Regent.  ...

Before the Crown Author: Flora Harding Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: One More Chapter Release Date: 2020 Pages: 401 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Before the crown there was a love story.      Windsor Castle, 1943      As war rages across the world, Princess Elizabeth comes face to face with the dashing naval officer she first met in London nine years before.      One of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy, Philip represents everything she has always been taught to avoid. Instability. Audacity. Adventure.       But when the king learns of their relationship, the suitability of the foreign prince is questioned by all at court.       He is the risk she has never been allowed to take. The risk not even the shadow of the crown will stop her from taking…       Step thro...