Abdication, by Juliet Nicolson ; read by Carole Boyd
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Abdication, by Juliet Nicolson ; read by Carole Boyd
Language
eng
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fiction
Main title
Abdication
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sound recording
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Responsibility statement
by Juliet Nicolson ; read by Carole Boyd
Series statement
Chivers CD audio books
Summary
England, 1936. After the recent death of George V, the nation has a new king, Edward VIII. Nineteen-year-old May Thomas has just disembarked at Liverpool Docks after making the long journey by steamer from Barbados to escape the constraints of her sugar-plantation childhood. Her first job as a secretary and chauffeuse to the Chief Whip in Baldwin's Conservative government, opens her eyes to the upper echelons of British society
Target audience
general
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