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The Duchess, the second novel in Wendy Holden's trilogy about royal outsiders, fictionalises the unknown London life of Wallis Simpson.From the bestselling author of The Governess.Arriving in 1928, Wallis was a divorced, penniless, middle-aged foreigner with average looks and no connections. Yet, just eight years later, a king renounced his throne for her. How did a woman from nowhere capture the heart of the world's most glamorous bachelor? Wendy Holden tells the amazing story.___________Praise for Wendy Holden's The Governess:'A beautifully woven and exquisitely detailed story' - HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz'A great book for escaping into . . . I loved this!' - KATIE FFORDE'A brilliantly imagined and poignant novel [...] of sacrifice, deep affection, strained loyalties and divided English society in the post-Downton Abbey era' - ELIZABETH BUCHAN