The Resource The governess, Wendy Holden
The governess, Wendy Holden
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The item The governess, Wendy Holden represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item The governess, Wendy Holden represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- The Governess tells the story of Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford, the progressive young working-class woman who, as royal governess for seventeen years, lived on the most intimate terms with Princess Margaret and the future Queen Elizabeth II. A long time member of the Windsors' inner circle, Marion had a ringside seat to some of the most seismic events of the 20th century. The castles and palaces may have housed a family frozen in time, but outside poverty and unemployment were breeding unrest in 1930s Britain, with Hitler's ascent looming. If royalty was to survive, it must draw closer to the people. And so Marion took the princesses on tubes and buses, swimming at public baths, Christmas shopping at Woolworth's. Marion's devotion meant personal sacrifices, and years of dedication counted for nothing once she published The Little Princesses, a loving, harmless account of life as a royal governess. It earned Marion the Windsors' lasting fury. This is a look into the childhood of the world's longest reigning monarch: a story of conflict and contradiction, of state dinners and hunger marches, of a left-winger amongst the ultimate conservatives, of a modern woman in an ancient institution
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 424 pages
- Note
- Paperback / softback
- Isbn
- 9781787394704
- Label
- The governess
- Title
- The governess
- Statement of responsibility
- Wendy Holden
- Subject
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- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction
- Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
- Princesses -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Royal governesses -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Crawford, Marion, 1909-1988 -- Fiction
- Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, II, 1926- -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Governess tells the story of Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford, the progressive young working-class woman who, as royal governess for seventeen years, lived on the most intimate terms with Princess Margaret and the future Queen Elizabeth II. A long time member of the Windsors' inner circle, Marion had a ringside seat to some of the most seismic events of the 20th century. The castles and palaces may have housed a family frozen in time, but outside poverty and unemployment were breeding unrest in 1930s Britain, with Hitler's ascent looming. If royalty was to survive, it must draw closer to the people. And so Marion took the princesses on tubes and buses, swimming at public baths, Christmas shopping at Woolworth's. Marion's devotion meant personal sacrifices, and years of dedication counted for nothing once she published The Little Princesses, a loving, harmless account of life as a royal governess. It earned Marion the Windsors' lasting fury. This is a look into the childhood of the world's longest reigning monarch: a story of conflict and contradiction, of state dinners and hunger marches, of a left-winger amongst the ultimate conservatives, of a modern woman in an ancient institution
- Cataloging source
- NZLEP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Holden, Wendy
- Illustrations
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Crawford, Marion
- Margaret
- Elizabeth
- Princesses
- Royal governesses
- Great Britain
- Label
- The governess, Wendy Holden
- Note
- Paperback / softback
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067588816
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 424 pages
- Isbn
- 9781787394704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1162206366
- Label
- The governess, Wendy Holden
- Note
- Paperback / softback
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067588816
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 424 pages
- Isbn
- 9781787394704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1162206366
Subject
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction
- Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
- Princesses -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Royal governesses -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Crawford, Marion, 1909-1988 -- Fiction
- Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, II, 1926- -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
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