Royal Lodge, Windsor, Helen Cathcart
Royal Lodge, Windsor, Helen Cathcart
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Royal Lodge, Windsor

Author: Helen Cathcart

Narrator: Lorna Bennett

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/28/2023


Synopsis

Royal Lodge is one of a scattered group of dwellings, mansions, forts, and follies in the southern recesses and environs of Windsor Great Park which have served royal pleasures and private needs ever since the carefree days of Charles II. It has been the home of artists and courtiers and farmers and foresters, the picnic pavilion of queens and the private abode of two kings.

Nestled amongst groves of ancient woodland and landscaped gardens, it is where the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) made their home in 1932 and where their two young daughters—Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret—played happily in the Little House, Y Bwthyn Bach, in the garden.

Meticulously researched, royal chronicler Helen Cathcart paints a vivid picture of the evolving architecture, changing décor, and esteemed inhabitants of Royal Lodge from earliest days through to the mid-twentieth century.

Royal Lodge, Windsor is a superb narrative history of life at Royal Lodge through the centuries.

About Helen Cathcart

Helen Cathcart was a prolific writer about the Royal Family, who enjoyed enormous success with her books in the 1960s and 1970s. These emerged with regularity, sold well, and were largely enjoyed (if not always at Buckingham Palace). One mystery surrounded the author-she was never seen. Occasionally journalists visited her agent, Harold Albert, at his cottage near Liphook, and suspected that Helen Cathcart did not exist. Invariably they left less convinced. Only when Harold Albert died was it revealed-in an obituary written by Hugo Vickers-that Harold Albert and Helen Cathcart were one and the same.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary Beth on June 15, 2022

Very British, very dry Well researched and covers a great amount of history. For all that, l found the book hard to get through.......more

Goodreads review by Jane on June 04, 2023

Guaranteed to put you to sleep - not in a bad way.......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 01, 2024

Royal Lodge, Windsor A lot of research went into this book with much detail. A quick easy read and very historical. I enjoyed it.......more