ABDICATION by Juliette Nichols, takes place on England I. 1936. King George V has died and his rather impetuous son David, officially King Edward VIII is proving that he is not the man his father was. The eventual abdication is merely the backdrop to the story.At the same time, brother & sister S...
A really enjoyable read but all the same ever so slightly disappointing. It began with most of the elements I love in a story, a bit of history, some politics and told through the eyes of a female driver which gave it a bit of a feminist angle too. However, the story of the title - the abdication...
John Hunt had advised Philip that perhaps Joan would be better off in the nearby excellent cottage hospital where a full complement of nursing staff could assess and note even the tiniest of changes in her condition and Philip, wearied by the length of time it was taking for his wife to recover, ...