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Princes at War takes up the story where the film The King's Speech ended as king and country are plunged into the Second World War and the greatest crisis in modern times
Deborah Cadbury is the author of seven acclaimed books including Chocolate Wars, The Dinosaur Hunters, The Lost King of France and The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, for which her accompanying BBC series received a BAFTA nomination. Before turning to writing full time she worked for thirty years as a BBC TV producer and executive producer and has won numerous international awards including an Emmy. She lives in London.
Impeccably researched, and written with all the brio and
understanding of a major historical novel, Princes at War takes us
intimately and even shockingly into the human dynamics of a barely
functional family at the time of our greatest peril
*David Kynaston, author of Austerity Britain*
What happened next? After the abdication of Edward VIII, the crown
passed to his reluctant and painfully shy younger brother, George,
and the royal 'firm' was faced with the task of putting together
again the shattered shards of monarchy. This was no easy task given
the disparate personalities and life styles of the royal brothers
as this this fascinating, detailed and often surprising book
reveals
*Juliet Gardiner, author of The Thirties*
Cadbury weaves an engaging portrait of a king resigned to his fate
yet honorably resolute … A lively tale of monarchical machinations,
more familiar to American readers since The King's Speech
*Kirkus*
Deborah Cadbury combines the family drama against the backdrop of
the war with terrific narrative verve
*Daisy Goodwin, The Times*
The inner tensions of the palace during wartime and the inner
tensions of a remarkable family make for one of the best, and
ultimately most uplifting, stories of the war years
*Boston Globe*
A highly readable and finely written account of the drama which
threatened to bring King and country crashing down
*Daily Express*
A well-researched and entertaining account of a particularly
poignant period of history ****
*Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph*
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