The Royal Librarian

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations…

Windsor, 1940: Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, where the young princesses are staying during the war. When she learns that Windsor is compromised and the royal family are threatened, Sophie must put her life on the line to save the future queen of England…

Philadelphia, Present day: Looking through her grandmother’s papers, Lacey Jones comes across a mysterious letter stamped with the Windsor Castle crest. How did it come to be in her family’s possession? And so begins a journey that will take Lacey deep into the heart of the oldest inhabited castle in the world, and change her life forever…

Daisy writes: 'Researching this book was a joy. I became engrossed in the rivalry between the Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) and his younger brother, Bertie, who became George VI when Edward abdicated to marry the American, Wallis Simpson. Both men appear briefly in the story, as do the young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. At first I felt reluctant to write about people who actually existed, but I hope I've done our late Queen justice. It was such a treat to visit Windsor Castle, sit in the Round Tower itself and read papers from the Royal Archive about life in the castle during the war - including menus for luncheon and dinner every day! It must have seemed the ideal place to shelter when the bombs were falling, but the threat to the Royal Family was very real. Various plans existed for escape routes they might take if Britain was invaded. It was also suggested that the Queen and her daughters might spend the war in Canada but she refused to leave her husband. The close family stayed together, the royal couple spending the week in London and visiting their daughters in Windsor at the weekends.      

'There was something quite magical about this book, with so much real history interwoven with the story. I didn't want it to end!' Reviewer

'Wow. That really is all I can say for this book, the details and the story woven into the actual facts, just wow.' Reviewer 

'The intrigue, secrets, deception and tension had me hooked, and I found myself unable to put it down. One of the best books I have read for a long time.' Reviewer