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**OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD** 'The gossip is stupendous but it's also tremendously touching. It's one of those books that makes you long for bed so you can read more!' - JILLY COOPER A Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation and former Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret, Anne Glenconner...

Lady Anne Glenconner, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret and Maid of Honour at the Queen’s Coronation, returns with a rich, sparkling memoir told through an A to Z of her life. From affairs of the heart and Basil’s Bar to dinners with the King and the art of entertaining each chapter reveals a vivid moment of joy, mischief or resilience.

Bracing honesty, rare insight and hilarious revelations from Princess Margaret's former Lady in Waiting as she shares everything she's learned from her extraordinary and unexpected life. THE FOLLOW-UP MEMOIR TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER LADY IN WAITING: 'AS GLORIOUS AND HIGHLY READABLE AS ITS...

January 1950. Lady Anne Coke, daughter of the fifth earl of Leicester, is in Scunthorpe on a business trip when she is called home after a sudden death in the family. She returns to Holkham Hall to discover a mystery: her beloved grandfather has been found dead at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a valuable piece of jewellery in his pocket. No one can find a cause of death, and some even suspect foul play from the ghost who supposedly haunts the house. But Anne's suspicions are aroused.

A rare opportunity to hear Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Anne Glenconner live in conversation from The Apex, Bury St Edmunds. Recorded live on stage, An Evening with Anne Glenconner is a treasure trove of stories from Lady Glenconner's childhood at Holkham to her life on...

Anne Glenconner invites both old friends and new acquaintances to join her in The Picnic Papers. Featuring contributions from Bryan Adams, Graham Norton, Lorraine, Rupert Everett, Tina Brown, Freya Stark and many more, they explore the curious British obsession with dining alfresco, despite our famously unpredictable weather. Picnics, it turns out, spark strong opinions. HRH Princess Margaret insisted on having hers at a proper table, while the indefatigable John Julius Norwich enjoyed 147 picnics over seven weeks in the Sahara. In stark contrast, writer James Lees-Milne simply loathed them.

Mustique is in a state of breathless calm as tropical storm Cristobal edges towards it across the Atlantic. Most villa owners have escaped the island but a few young socialites remain, unwilling to let summer's partying end. American heiress Amanda Fortini is one such thrill-seeker - until she heads out for a morning swim and doesn't return.

Der erste Fall für Lady Veronica Blake, Hofdame im Ruhestand. Cosy Crime für Fans der Serie "The Crown". Es war ein traumhafter Sommer auf Mustique. Während die meisten Urlauber die Insel bereits verlassen haben, genießt eine illustre Runde wohlhabender Engländer weiterhin Sundowner und Dinnerpartys, darunter Lady Veronica Blake, Hofdame im Ruhestand. Als eine junge Amerikanerin aus bester Gesellschaft spurlos verschwindet, beginnt sie, auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln, sehr zum Missfallen von Solomon Nile, dem einzigen Polizisten der Insel.

England, 1950: Lady Anne Coke, gerade achtzehn Jahre alt geworden, kehrt auf das Anwesen ihrer Familie in Norfolk zurück. Ihr geliebter Großvater wurde tot am Fuß der Treppe aufgefunden. Ein tragischer Unfall? Mord? Oder steckt der Hausgeist Lady Mary dahinter, wie es das Küchenpersonal vermutet? In der Tasche des Grafen wird eine wertvolle Halskette entdeckt und in seinem Kalender ein Name: Lavender Crane. Anne ist alarmiert. Sie beginnt, auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln, gemeinsam mit Charles, einem charmanten Sozialdemokraten.