A Royal Pain

by Bowen, Rhys

• ISBN13: 9780425221631
• ISBN10: 0425221636
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover

Summary

"Rhys Bowen's new series set in 1930s London stars smart and spunky Lady Georgiana, who is thirty-fourth in line to the throne. She has a lot on her plate - but very little in her cupboards ..." "Baked beans and boiled eggs. That's what my expected houseguest, Bavarian Princess Maria Theresa Hannelore Wilhelmina Mathilda, will have to eat if I don't get help posthaste. You see, the Queen of England has concocted a plan in which I am to entertain the princess, conveniently placing her in the playboy prince's path, in the hopes he might finally marry." "But there's one thing queens never take into account: money. Of which I have little, ever since my brother, Binky, cut off my allowance. And which is why I moonlight as a maid in disguise. (How am I to hire a maid when I am a maid?) So, like Her Royal Highness, I must draw up plans." "Oh, and then there's the rather more worrying matter of the body in the bookshop and Hanni's unwitting involvement with the communist party. I really don't want to be held responsible for single-handedly instigating another English-German war. It's enough to drive a girl potty."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Rhys Bowen has been nominated for every major award in mystery writing, including the Edgar-«, and has won seven, including both Agatha and Anthony Awards. She was born in England.