Biographer turned author William Kuhn (an anglophile American) has penned this charming, whimsical story of what happens when a long-serving and long-suffering monarch decides to go AWOL. Readable, warm and richly witty, it explores themes of responsibilities, escape and friendship. This will have real appeal for fans of Alan Bennett’s The Uncommon Reader.
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, is growing increasingly disenchanted after her decades of public service and years of family scandal. One day, the Queen takes things into her own hands and, in a spur-of-the-moment decision, leaves the palace alone and incognito. An unlikely group of six, including two of the Queen's most trusted household staff members, William and Shirley; one of her loyal ladies in waiting, Lady Anne; an equerry fresh from the battlefields of Afghanistan, Luke; a young equestrienne who minds the horses in the Royal Mews, Rebecca; and Rajiv, an Etonian spending his early 20s behind the counter in an artisanal cheese shop in Mayfair, and moonlighting as a tabloid photographer, are the only ones who know of her disappearance.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, is growing increasingly disenchanted after her decades of public service and years of family scandal. One day, the Queen takes things into her own hands and, in a spur-of-the-moment decision, leaves the palace alone and incognito.
Mrs Queen Takes the Train features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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Mrs Queen Takes the Train was written by William Kuhn and published by Allen & Unwin
Mrs Queen Takes the Train has 374 pages
