![]() She also wrote a startlingly good book about the 1930s Abdication Crisis, called Gone with the Windsors (already one of the great titles…). It’s called The Importance of Being Kennedy, and there were a couple of entries on the blog. Graham has written a wide variety of novels, but my favourites have been the ones where she takes real-life historical events and tells a story via a fictional character who might have existed… so the perfect example is her book about the Kennedy family, narrated by a nursemaid from the household. Don’t be upsetting yourself.’Ĭommentary: I am a huge fan of Laurie Graham, and feel very strongly that she is an author who is not taken seriously enough just because she is funny and entertaining (just like Lissa Evans). She pulled her shawl around her, very satisfied with herself and Valentine murmured, ‘Let it alone, Miss Dot. She said ‘Only one thing a woman’d be on the streets for at that hour.’Īnd the other said, ‘Yes. ![]() Who was I, in my good serge coat and my velvet tam o’shanter, to know that type of person? So then they became quite interested in me. He said, ‘My friend knew the person who was murdered.’ One of the women said, ‘Except the type who met her end here.’ ![]() ‘This is a place of commerce, so after the hours of business very few people pass this way.’ ![]()
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