Why a Booktrail?
1940, 2000s: A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations…
The Royal Librarian
What you need to know before your trail
Windsor, 1940: Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows 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. But 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. .
Travel Guide
Windsor
Windsor Castle is the main setting in the novel and the author has taken lots of inspiration from the real library and people who worked there. She has also changed some details of course but the story is amazing true or not.
The other locations include Buckingham Castle and Mi6. Then we have Vienna with Prater Park and the event of 1938 being given a mention. It is one of the symbols of Vienna. Used for centuries as the imperial hunting grounds, it was opened to the public in 1766.
Philadelphia is a backdrop to the story.
Booktrailer Review
A very unique story about a woman who comes to work in Windsor Castle on their communications. She is from Austria and has experienced the rise of fascism there so she is looked upon with suspicion.
The scenes set at the library at windsor castle were fascinating – richly drawn and well researched. What a job it must have been making sure negative articles about the royal family were kept from prying eyes. Of course, there is more to it than that but the author kept it compelling and mysterious.
It was such an interesting way of telling a little know story and the use of fact and fiction mixed was really good.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Royal Librarian
Destination/Location: London, Windsor, Vienna Author: Daisy Wood Departure: 1940s, 2000s
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