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The gown : a novel of the royal wedding  Cover Image Book Book

The gown : a novel of the royal wedding / Jennifer Robson.

Summary:

London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nation's recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their nascent hopes for a brighter future are tested when they are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime honor: taking part in the creation of Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062884275
  • Physical Description: 371, 16 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
Subject: Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- > Fiction.
Wedding costume > Fiction.
Women dressmakers > Fiction.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 15 of 16 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sechelt/Gibsons. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Gibsons Public Library.

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Gibsons Public Library FIC ROBS (Text) 30886001064548 Adult Fiction Hardcover Volume hold Available -

Summary: London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nation's recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their nascent hopes for a brighter future are tested when they are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime honor: taking part in the creation of Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown.

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