Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year 2011.
November 2010 Book of the Month.
A truly lovely story of Prince Edward pre his infatuation with Wallace Simpson and his eventual abdication. Here he is a young man who falls for a high society girl and escapes the cold restrictions of his family but back then duty prevailed. This is really the story of the girl he falls for, Lily Houghton, her sisters and her family. Highly recommended.
Comparison: Julian Fellowes, Penny Vincenzi, Jojo Moyes.
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Edward VIII became notorious for abandoning the throne for Mrs Simpson, but in the summer of 1911 he was a prince straight from the pages of a fairy-tale. Raised by the harsh disciplinarian King George V and his unfeeling Queen Mary, the prince longed for the warmth that had been deprived of him. The high society Houghton girls' lives however, were full of fun, both at their magnificent family seat Snowberry, and at the whirlwind of glamorous parties which punctuated their lives. When a moment of serendipity brings Edward and Lily Houghton together, the pressures of a stuffy court are replaced with the lightness that Edward has dreamt of. But a future monarch could not choose his own Queen, and even an enduring love might falter under the furious gaze of a King. Could the devotion of Edward and Lily triumph against him and the impending doom of World War I? Or would they bow to the inevitable and set in train events that could bring down the Crown, and change the course of history forever?
The Golden Prince features in the following genres: Sagas, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
The Golden Prince is available in Paperback
The Golden Prince was written by Rebecca Dean and published by Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
