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The Queen's Secret

A Novel of England's World War II Queen

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The Queen's Secret

De: Karen Harper
Narrado por: Bianca Amato
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If you love Jennifer Robson or The Crown, you will love New York Times best-selling author Karen Harper’s novel about Elizabeth, The Queen's Secret.

It's 1939. As the wife of King George VI and the mother of the future queen, Elizabeth - “the queen mother” - shows a warm, smiling face to the world. But it’s no surprise that Hitler himself calls her the “Most Dangerous Woman in Europe”. For behind that soft voice and kindly demeanor is a will of steel.

Two years earlier, George was thrust onto the throne when his brother Edward abdicated, determined to marry his divorced, American mistress Mrs. Simpson. Vowing to do whatever it takes to make her husband’s reign a success, Elizabeth endears herself to the British people and prevents the former king and his brazen bride from ever again setting foot in Buckingham Palace.

Elizabeth holds many powerful cards; she’s also hiding damaging secrets about her past and her provenance that could prove to be her undoing.

In this riveting novel of royal secrets and intrigue, Karen Harper lifts the veil on one of the world’s most fascinating families and how its “secret weapon” of a matriarch maneuvered her way through one of the most dangerous chapters of the century.

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Interesting Historical Perspective • Engaging Wartime Storyline • Great Narration • Fascinating Time Period
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I enjoyed this very much. The royals are folks just like us…. no different. We all have historical skeletons in closets, but what was horrific years ago, doesn’t seem quite so bad now a days.

Enjoyed it, a great historical story

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I enjoyed learning about the Queen Mum, although since this is a historical novel, I don’t know how much of it is fact. Some of the key points in the story are pretty clearly fiction, which disappointed me. In the interest of avoiding spoilers, I won’t provide examples, but it did seem like the author could have had a successful career writing for tabloid newspapers. The narrator did a great job using different voices—one of the best I’ve ever heard.

Interesting POV

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I loved the story. The performance was like it was being told by the Queen.

Interesting story

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I enjoyed most of this book but the repetitious “secrets” storyline got old fast for my taste. The author is known for her historical research so the outlandish of the secrets did make me wonder if there was a thread of truth in them.

Too soap opera-like

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This story was very interesting and showed the strength of Queen Mum. I am hopeful there’s a follow up/part 2 continuing her story.

Very interesting story

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the historical parts of the war were mostly fine but the ongoing assertions about birth and sex over shadowed this book. I was very disappointed that these things were the premise of the book and are completely unfounded. the statement that this is historical fiction and some liberties were taken is not sufficient for the boldness taken here. surely a better story could have been written

unfounded scandals ruin this book

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As others have stated, the story got redundant as the main character would talk over and over about “the secret”. I would have enjoyed more of what the Queen actually experienced during the war. But the performance was wonderful and the main reason I kept going to the anticlimactic end.

Great performance, bland story

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I enjoyed learning more about this wonderful lady. I think quite a bit of the story though is just speculation. I’m sure the real lady was quite wonderful.

An amazing woman

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My first encounter with this author. Superb historical writing. Reads similarly to movie news reels of old. The detail of the Royal Family at start of WWII with the fears, heartache, and loss of life from any war is very real. Excellent portrayal of QEII's mother as War Queen.

UNABLE TO PUT IT DOWN

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Interesting to hear the narrative of the royal family during WWII. Many of us don’t think of Queen Elizabeth II as a girl.

The WWII story line.

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