The People's Princess

This gripping historical novel uses a dual timeline to follow the experiences of two real-life British princesses who lived over 150 years apart. Set in Buckingham Palace in 1981, Lady Diana Spencer’s engagement to Prince Charles quickly turns into a lonely and challenging experience, as she feels bored and resentful of the stuffy courtiers who try to instruct her on her new role. When she discovers a diary written in the 1800s by Princess Charlotte of Wales, a young woman who also felt trapped in a 'gilded cage,' Diana is drawn into Charlotte's story of reckless love affairs and a fraught relationship with her father, the Prince Regent. As Diana reads the diary, she sees many parallels with her own life and her future as Princess of Wales. The story offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of palace life, the tensions in Diana’s relationship with the royal family during her engagement, and the wedding itself.

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