Wendy Holden

During the childhood years of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the most famous women who ever lived, a young governess helped shape her into the icon the world knows today. In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring the little Princesses Elizabeth and...

It was a love so strong, a king renounced his kingdom—all for that woman. Or was she just an escape route for a monarch who never wanted to rule? Bestselling author Wendy Holden takes an intimate look at one of the most notorious scandals of the 20th century. 1928. A middle-aged foreigner...

"Readers are transported to 1961 Britain in this fascinating tale about beloved Princess Diana....What follows is an astonishing story of Diana's route to the altar and beyond."—Woman's World The whole world saw Diana Spencer step from a gilded carriage for her wedding. But before that...

The Duchess, the second novel in Wendy Holden's trilogy about royal outsiders, fictionalises the unknown London life of Wallis Simpson....

Forget about Cool Britannia and Gallic Chic. Scotland is having a fashion moment....

Laura Lake, editor of glossy magazine Society, is always on the hunt for scandalous scoops to fill her pages....

City folk Rosie and her boyfriend, Mark, have always dreamed of a countryside cottage. The nouveaux-riche Samantha and Guy are also seeking rural bliss....

Anna Farrier learns the hard way that in some careers, high-powered connections mean far more than actual talent....

Two couples meet in an antenatal class and loathe each other on sight....

Assiduously researched and drawn from archives and survivor testimonies, historian and biographer Wendy Holden tells the inspirational and uplifting true story of Fredy Hirsch: The Teacher of Auschwitz.

Alice wants her own art gallery. But at the moment. she’s running her nightmare boss Angelica’s....

Morag wants to plough hers with a horse; Beth buys a gleaming mini-tractor; Alexandra arrives with a Chanel spade & film crew, while Mary endures the advice of a champion vegetable-grower....

Marion Crawford was 22 when she became governess to the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in 1933. A working-class girl with progressive ideas, she had intended to teach in the Edinburgh slums. Instead, she had a ringside seat at some of the most seismic events of the 20th century....

It's the new university term among the dreaming spires. The start of a whole new life....

Sophie seems to have a perfect marriage. But as her author husband's star rises, his best husband status is sliding out of the chart, and Sophie feels neglected....

She stopped at nothing. To get everything....

Britain, 1961. A beautiful blonde baby is born to Viscount Althorp, heir to the Spencer earldom. But Diana grows up amid the fallout of her parents’ messy divorce. She struggles at school. Her refuge throughout is romantic novels. She dreams of falling in love and being rescued by a prince....

Laura Lake longs to be a journalist. Instead she's an unpaid intern at a glossy magazine, sleeping in the fashion cupboard and living on canapés. But she's just got her first big break....

Teacher Ginnie is desperate to forget her crush on headmaster Mark and hopes glamping might do the trick. But Mark is also heading for Wild and Free....

It's the new university term among the dreaming spires. The start of a whole new life....