In 1940, the people of Britain are fighting for survival in the war against Germany. The Earl of Westrow, a Fascist supporter, puts into effect a plot to force King George VI to surrender – he kidnaps the fourteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth. A top-secret search for the Princess begins immediately, but Jane Padget, daughter of the King’s Secretary, sets out to resolve the crisis herself.
Joseph P. Kennedy, Wallis Simpson, and Joachim von Ribbentrop all feature in this story of a plot to change the course of the war.
‘There is something about the plot that makes the book difficult to put down, and it certainly lingers in the mind. Mixing real and fictional characters, Read has constructed an entirely plausible scenario.’ Kirkus Reviews UK
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