WENDY HOLDEN

Enthralling' - Daily Mail 'Fizzing with gossip, intrigue and wit' - Mail on Sunday If you love The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Crown, you will love this fictional look inside the life of Wallis Simpson... ___________Love can change the course of history... Arriving in 1928, Wallis was a divorced, penniless, middle-aged foreigner with average looks and no connections.Yet, just eight years later, a king renounced his throne for her. How did a woman from nowhere capture the heart of the world's most glamorous bachelor? Wendy Holden tells the amazing story... ___________What readers are saying about The Duchess: 'A great read, fabulous story line and such a different perspective.Massive fun' 'A powerful read. Perhaps we all got Wallis Simpson wrong' 'Superb and powerful writing! I loved it' 'A great read and I'd highly recommend to anyone who wants a less stilted piece of history' 'A fascinating tale, well told' 'An amazing, fictionalised retelling of the story of Edward and Mrs Simpson'

A beautifully woven and exquisitely detailed story' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz'A hugely entertaining, emotionally satisfying story of love and loyalty' DAILY MAIL'A poignant, fictional reimagining of a woman condemned by history, with plenty of modern-day echoes' MAIL ON SUNDAY___________She Came From Nothing . . .and Raised a QueenThe drama of the Abdication, the glamour of the Coronation, the trauma of World War II - Marion Crawford, affectionately known as Crawfie, stood by the side of the royal family through it all. In 1933, a progressive young teacher became governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Determined to give her pupils a fun and normal childhood, she took them on buses, swimming at public baths and Christmas shopping at Woolworths.For seventeen years she served at the heart of the royal family. But her devotion and loyalty counted for nothing when a perceived betrayal brought everything crashing down. This sweeping, sumptuous novel brings her long-buried story to life and shines a completely new and captivating light into the world's most famous family.

A história inspiradora da amizade entre um menino e seu cão.Em uma noite gelada de janeiro de 2012, o filhote Haatchi foi abandonado em uma linha férrea e atropelado por um trem. Surpreendentemente,

She stopped at nothing. To get everything. Scheming social climber Alexa may be humbly born. But she's a class-hopping cruise missile aimed at the very top of the gold-digging tree. Only a title, mansion and family tiara will do. Befriending feckless aristo Florrie (three surnames plus black hole where her brain should be) means the grandest doors swing open and the prince of her dreams is in sight. But has Florrie's mother, the formidable Lady Annabel, rumbled what Alexa is up to? Beautiful but penniless student Polly, meanwhile, is in love. Is Max, the handsome young vet she's found in a country lane, quite as ordinary as he seems, however? Passionate love, eye-widening snobbery and more than naked ambition abound in this contemporary Cinderella tale - a deliciously satirical novel of the upwardly mobile.

He taught them the most important lesson of all how to live Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts At the dark heart of the Holocaust there was a wooden hut whose walls were painted with cartoons a place where children sang staged plays and wrote poetry Safely inside but still in the shadow of the chimneys they were given better food kept free of vermin and were even taught meditation to imagine full stomachs and a day without fear The man who became their guiding light was a young Jewish prisoner named Fredy Hirsch But being a teacher in such a brutal concentration camp was no mean feat Whether it was begging the SS for better provisions or hiding his homosexuality from his persecutors he risked his life every day for one thing to protect the children from the mortal danger they all faced Time is running out for Fredy and the hundreds of children in his care Can he find a way to teach them the one lesson they really need to know how to survive Assiduously researched and drawn from archives and survivor testimonies historian and biographer Wendy Holden tells the inspirational and uplifting true story of Fredy Hirsch The Teacher of Auschwitz

Enthralling' - Daily Mail 'Fizzing with gossip, intrigue and wit' - Mail on Sunday If you love The Crown, you will love this fictional look inside the life of Wallis Simpson... ___________Love can change the course of history...Arriving in 1928, Wallis was a divorced, penniless, middle-aged foreigner with average looks and no connections. Yet, just eight years later, a king renounced his throne for her.How did a woman from nowhere capture the heart of the world's most glamorous bachelor? Wendy Holden tells the amazing story...

The hilarious new novel from bestselling author Wendy Holden Sophie''s marriage was perfect, but now it''s all gone wrong. Mark works late; she''s left with the baby, domestic drudgery, her own career to keep on the go and the growing feeling that Mark is having an affair. When he fails to come home one night it''s the last straw. Sophie wants a divorce. But Mark doesn''t. He hasn''t been unfaithful, just thoughtless. Desperate not to lose his family, he signs up to the ''School for Husbands' which transforms hopeless spouses into perfect marriage partners. But will its intensive and unusual tuition be enough to get him back with Sophie? Especially now an eligible millionaire is after her...

Kate, a journalist in a small northern town, is fed up with covering black pudding championships for the Slackmucklethwaite Mercury and living with Mum, Dad and Gran in a semi called Wits End. When evil tycoon Peter Hardstone takes over the paper, slashes budgets and sacks staff, Kate''s career hits an all-time low. Gloom turns to glamour once Hardstone''s sexy son arrives to work on the Mercury. And when Kate''s sent with him to cover the glittering Cannes Film Festival, she can''t believe her luck. But it''s not all fun and games, behind the glitz and sunshine lies a dark mystery that is Kate''s most challenging newspaper assignment yet.

Four parents-to-be seem ante-natally sorted. Flash Hugo and Amanda have booked a chic private clinic and royal maternity nurse. Right-on Jake and Alice want an all-natural home birth with whale music and tree-hugging nappies. But nothing goes quite to plan. Amanda finds motherhood less glam than the stars make it look and disappears back to her career. Which leaves Hugo with the child and without a clue what to do. Alice has problems too. Bringing up baby to Jake''s eco-fascist standards means home-made organic everything and a recycled cardboard cot. Will nappiness bring happiness to anybody? Not before bedhopping spouses, beastly bosses and bitchy nursery mothers have all done their dreadful worst...

Laura Lake, editor of glossy magazine Society, is always on the hunt for scandalous scoops to fill her pages. Now she's discovered a top-secret village in the English countryside where the rich and famous own weekend retreats. Where film stars, Turner-prize winners and billionaires park their helicopters outside the gastropub and buy 100 sourdough loaves from the deli.

The eagerly awaited and brilliant new novel from bestselling author Wendy Holden. The beautifulvillage ofAllsop seemed shire bliss? When Mary meets Monty, heir to a stately pile, happiness seems assured. But as the mansion crumbles, passion wanes along with the heating . Bankers wife Beth swaps Notting Hill for weekends at a bijou cottage. They only offered a smidgeon over the asking price. So why dont the locals like them? Eco-harridan Morag is the terror of the village, with her objections to everyone and everything. ber-WAG Alexandra needs a footballers mansion and fast. There must be a Hello!-tastic country pile with spa, champagne bar and parking for six SUVs somewhere? Ambitions clash when the village launches an allotment project and no one escapes the bitter struggle over sex, power and money which threatens to blight more than everyones carrots.

A hilarious tale from Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author WENDY HOLDEN. For fans of MARRYING UP and BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. Unmissable Daily Mirror

Wendy Holden revive en esta novela los años de infancia de la reina Isabel II y da a conocer a la vivaz institutriz que la convirtió en el icono que hoy conocemos.En 1933 la joven Marion Crawford acepta el empleo de su vida como institutriz de las princesas Lilibet y Margarita. La unica condicion que pone a los padres de las niñas, los duques de York, es poder aportar ciertas dosis de normalidad a sus protegidas y privilegiadas vidas.En el palacio de Buckingham, el castillo de Windsor y Balmoral, Marion desafia el estricto protocolo para llevar a las princesas en metro, a nadar en piscinas publicas y en divertidas salidas para hacer compras navideñas en Woolworths. Desde un lugar privilegiado en el corazon de la monarquia britanica, Marion es testigo de los acontecimientos mas trascendentales de la historia del siglo xx: el impacto de la abdicacion, el glamur de la coronacion, el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ella acompaña a las princesas en esos momentos cruciales y se convierte en una figura tan cercana como una madre. Aun en los dias mas oscuros de Gran Bretaña, con los aviones de Hitler sobrevolando Windsor, Marion protege a las niñas en las mazmorras del castillo. Incluso esta presente cuando Isabel se fija por primera vez en el joven Felipe.Pero ser una querida confidente de los Windsor tiene un alto coste personal. Matrimonio, hijos, los propios puntos de vista. todos estan comprometidos por la cercania a la realeza.En esta fascinante historia de amor, sacrificio y lealtad, Wendy Holden nos cautiva con una novela sobre los años previos a que la reina Isabel II accediera al trono.Personajes cautivadores y una maravillosa combinacion de precision historica y energia narrativa... un relato desgarrador sobre la lealtad y el amor. Sally Morris, Daily Mail Una novela hermosa y cautivadora, con mucha investigacion... El intimo y emotivo relato de Lilibet, la futura reina Isabel II, es una pieza maestra. Rachel HoreUna conmovedora novela con una imaginacion brillante (...) sobre el sacrificio, los vinculos, las tensas lealtades y una sociedad inglesa dividida en la era pos-Downton Abbey. Elizabeth Buchan

Wendy Holden, Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Wives of Bath and Bad Heir Day, is back with a witty and romantic new series set around a university campus.