The Governess

'A beautifully woven and exquisitely detailed story' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzShe holds the future of a nation in her hands . . .1933. Progressive young teacher Marion Crawford becomes 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.

During her seventeen years she served at the heart of the royal family, 'Crawfie' has a ringside seat at some of the most seismic events of the twentieth century. The drama of the Abdication, the glamour of the Coronation, the trauma of World War II. 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.