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Maybell Brumby, a frisky and wealthy recently widowed woman, quits Baltimore for a new life in London. There she finds her former schoolmate Bessie Wallis Warfield, an impoverished yet determined socialite. Bessie, armed with a statuesque figure and lessons from China, sets her sights on the Prince of Wales, the heir to the throne. Maybell, with deep pockets and a candid nature, becomes an unexpected ally and an engaging chronicler of the scandal that shook a monarchy and altered history.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Laurie Graham
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