In dreary, post-war Britain, Princess Margaret captivates everyone with her cutting edge fashion sense and biting quips. The royal socialite, cigarette holder in one hand, cocktail in the other, sparkles in the company of her glittering entourage of wealthy young aristocrats known as the Margaret Set, but her outrageous lifestyle conflicts with her place as Queen Elizabeth’s younger sister. Can she be a dutiful princess while still dazzling the world on her own terms?
Post-war Britain isn’t glamorous for The Honorable Vera Strathmore. While writing scandalous novels, she dreams of living and working in New York, and regaining the happiness she enjoyed before her fiancé was killed in the war. A chance meeting with the Princess changes her life forever. Vera amuses the princess, and what—or who—Margaret wants, Margaret gets. Soon, Vera gains Margaret’s confidence and the privileged position of second lady-in-waiting to the Princess. Thrust into the center of Margaret’s social and royal life, Vera watches the princess’s love affair with dashing Captain Peter Townsend unfurl.
But while Margaret, as a member of the Royal Family, is not free to act on her desires, Vera soon wants the freedom to pursue her own dreams. As time and Princess Margaret’s scandalous behavior progress, both women will be forced to choose between status, duty, and love…
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Fans of The Kennedy Debutante and Last Year in Havana will love Georgie Blalock’s new novel of a world on the cusp of change...set on the eve of World War II in the glittering world of English society and one of the last debutante seasons.
They danced the night away, knowing their world was about to change forever. They were the debutantes of 1939, laughing on the outside, but knowing tragedy— and a war—was just around the corner.
When Valerie de Vere Cole, the niece of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, makes her deep curtsey to the King and Queen of England, she knows she’s part of a world about to end. The daughter of a debt-ridden father and a neglectful mother, Valerie sees firsthand that war is imminent.
Nevertheless, Valerie reinvents herself as a carefree and glittering young society woman, befriending other debutantes from England’s aristocracy as well as the vivacious Eunice Kennedy, daughter of the U.S. Ambassador. Despite her social success, the world’s troubles and Valerie’s fear of loss and loneliness prove impossible to ignore.
How will she navigate her new life when everything in her past has taught her that happiness and stability are as fragile as peace in our time? For the moment she will forget her cares in too much champagne and waltzes. Because very soon, Valerie knows that she must find the inner strength to stand strong and carry on through the challenges of life and love and war.
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Before Princess Margaret, before Duchess Meghan, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel.
As the fourth daughter of the perpetually in-mourning Queen Victoria, Princess Louise’s life is more a gilded prison than a fairy tale. Expected to sit quietly next to her mother with down-cast eyes, Louise vows to escape the stultifying royal court. Blessed with beauty, artistic talent, and a common touch, she creates a life outside the walled-in existence of the palace grounds by attending the National Art Training School—where she shockingly learns to sculpt nude models while falling passionately in love with famed sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm.
But even as Louise cultivates a life outside the palace, she is constantly reminded that even royal rebels must heed the call of duty—and for a princess that means marriage. Refusing to leave England, she agrees to a match with the Duke of Argyll, and although her heart belongs to another, she is determined to act out her public role perfectly, even if her private life teeters on the brink of scandal. But when a near fatal accident forces Louise back under her mother’s iron rule, she realizes she must choose: give in to the grief of lost love or find the strength to fight for her unconventional life.
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Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl, delivers an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to spy on the Duchess of Windsor for her alleged Nazi sympathies and finds much more than she bargained for.
American Amelia Montague defied her family five years ago to marry the man she loved, but that decision cost her everything. Disowned by her family, and left a penniless widow after her husband’s death, Amelia becomes her cousin Wallis Simpson’s private secretary in France. With no other prospects available, Amelia has no choice but to succeed, and under their Aunt Bessie’s direction, hopes to have a positive influence on Wallis and the Duke of Windsor.
During the next two years, Amelia realizes that not everything with the Windsors is glittering happiness. Beneath the façade of the besotted couple simmers Wallis’s rage at her stunted ambition, and the couple soon reveals themselves to be self-centered Nazi supporters who pursue their own interests at any cost.
When the Germans invade France, and the Windsors leave Amelia to escape the Gestapo on her own, Amelia finds herself in position to work for the most unlikely of employers: MI5 and the FBI. Convinced to work undercover, Amelia joins the Windsors in Nassau and soon realizes that Wallis’s treachery extends far deeper than the US and British government even knows…
Richly imaginative, Georgie Blalock’s novel stuns as it explores two women, opposites in every way, and the choices they make to survive both war and each other. . .
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Medical History for Writers Series Book 1
Before the mid 19th century, medicine had changed very little since ancient times. There was no germ theory or anesthesia and medical practitioners were poorly trained and equipped to deal with the myriad of ailments plaguing people. They did the best they could with the tools and knowledge they possessed. However, sometimes the “best” did more harm than good.
This book provides an overview of medical history from ancient time to 1840 from a writer’s perspective. Topics include the training and techniques of doctors and surgeons, available medicines and pain relief, hospitals, infection, treatments, and common diseases. Period nomenclature, tools and other details necessary for writers looking to craft realistic historic scenes or pursue further research are highlighted. Firsthand accounts from medical practitioners and their patients provide a picture of medicine before germ theory and antiseptic practices.
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Medical History for Writers Series Book 2
In the mid 19th century, radical developments in science and technology helped revolutionize the treatment and understanding of illness and disease. After centuries of medicine remaining almost unchanged since ancient times, the introduction of anesthetics, germ theory, better training, and new equipment forever changed our approach to illness and disease.
This book provides an overview of medical history from 1840 until 1900 from a writer’s perspective. Topics include the training and techniques of doctors and surgeons, available medicines and pain relief, hospitals, infection, treatments, and diseases. Period nomenclature, tools and other details necessary for writers looking to craft realistic historic scenes or pursue further research are highlighted. Firsthand accounts from medical practitioners and their patients provide a picture of medicine after the introduction of germ theory and anesthesia.
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Medical History for Writers Series Book 3
War during the Georgian and Regency eras wasn’t pretty, and neither were the wounds and treatments soldiers and sailors suffered in the heat of battle. Even if a soldier survived an injury, there was no guarantee he wouldn’t perish from the many infectious diseases that ran rampant through military hospitals. Surgeons were ill-equipped to deal with the mass numbers of wounded, and they did the best they could with the limited knowledge and tools they possessed.
Historic Battlefield Medicine provides an overview of British, American and French Army and Navy medicine during the late Georgian and Regency eras (1700-1820) from a writer’s perspective. Topics include the training and techniques of surgeons, medicines and pain relief, field hospital practices, women’s role in medicine, infection, and diseases. Firsthand accounts of military surgeons and their patients provide a picture of military medicine in the time before antibiotics or anesthesia, and gives authors the knowledge they need to craft realistic historic scenes or pursue further research.
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Medical History for Writers Series Book 4
In the past, women looked upon childbirth with both excitement and fear. They never knew if it was the start of a new life with a baby or the end of theirs. All the complications of pregnancy and delivery that are with us today were also a part of history, however, little could be done to deal with or detect trouble once it arose. Practitioners did the best they could with the tools and knowledge they had. However, sometimes the “best” was also the most lethal, and practitioners did more harm than good. For those wishing to prevent a pregnancy, contraception was available, a lady just needed to know where to find it.
This book offers an overview of the history of contraception, pregnancy and childbirth from ancient times to the Victorian era from a writer’s perspective. Topics include the training and techniques of midwives and doctors, medicines, pain relief, complications, and mortality surrounding childbirth. Period nomenclature, tools and other details necessary for writers to craft realistic historic scenes are discussed, as well as methods of contraception available and how information about sex and childbirth were disseminated. Firsthand accounts from medical practitioners and their patients provide a picture of pregnancy and childbirth in the time before antibiotics and anesthesia.
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