One house. Two
women. Both determined to endure.
July 1818.
Dorothea Jordan – celebrated actress and long-time companion of the Duke of
Clarence – has returned. Not in flesh, but in spirit. For fifteen years Bushy
House was her sanctuary, filled with laughter and her ten children – the
FitzClarences. Now she watches as her portraits are taken down and her
daughters sent away, in preparation for the duke’s new bride.
Princess Adelaide
of Saxe-Meiningen arrives in England with duty pressing upon her shoulders. At
twenty-five, she has accepted a proposal no other princess would take. She must
tame the duke’s debts, win over his unruly children and – above all – produce
an heir to secure the British throne.
But Adelaide soon
senses a presence in Bushy House.
As she struggles
to find her place in a household shaped by another woman’s love, the restless
spirit of Mrs Jordan lingers – watchful, wounded and unwilling to be forgotten.
Inspired by the
true story of Queen Adelaide and the actress Dorothea Jordan, The Queen
of Bushy House explores grief and ambition, motherhood and legacy –
and the enduring power of a love that refuses to fade.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Bushy-House-inspired-Adelaide-ebook/dp/B0H8SBSRJY
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Author Bio – Originally from Michigan, Molly Gartland has lived overseas since 1994, including six years in Moscow and stints in Cairo, Cape Town and Dakar. A boomerang Brit whose ancestors arrived in America on the Mayflower, she now lives in south-west London.
A lifelong lover
of books, theatre, art and urban wildlife, she is also a devoted supporter of
Brentford FC and can often be found wandering through Bushy Park.
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