Palace Affair [Hardcover]

Una-Mary Parker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 9, 1992

A romantic thriller that begins as three women prepare for a Buckingham Palace garden party.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

London social editor Jackie Daventry follows a glamorous if unvarying routine of parties with the Best People until she meets Gerald Gould, an adoring, self-made millionaire who is everything she wants in a man--except that he's married. Life is downright rosy for Jackie's friend Celia, Countess of Atherton, who serves as one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, leaving two sons in the care of tutor Roland Shaw. But lurking at the edge of these women's gracious lives are people who want to bulldoze their way into society; one anonymous man threatens Jackie's career (he crashes parties by claiming to work with her) and Celia's happiness (he unearths a dark secret about her family). Parker's ( Enticements ) convincing portrayal of British high society makes her lightweight tale entertaining in a snobbish sort of way--provided one ignores its underlying attitudes (e.g., social climbers are contemptible, but economic opportunists are inevitable). However, one group should be truly pleased: the author's cropped and airbrushed picture of Britain's royals (the Queen, Celia thinks, "spread happiness wherever she went") is everything the Palace could hope for.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (January 9, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747204845
• ISBN-13: 978-0747204848
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,490,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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