Format:
Book
Author:
Robson, Jennifer, 1970- author.
Title:
The gown : a novel of the royal wedding / Jennifer Robson.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
©2019
Description:
371, 16 pages ; 24 cm
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.
Subjects:
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.
Notes:
Includes P.S.: insights, interviews & more ...
ISBN:
9780062674951 (paperback)
0062674951 (paperback)
9780062884275 (library edition)
0062884271 (library edition)
Other Number:
1061080291
System Availability:
47
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3659873
Call Number:
813/.6
Course Reserves:
0
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45