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Wartime Princess

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My Story S. more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Junior Fiction
BIC Subjects: Historical fiction
Publisher: Scholastic
Imprint: Scholastic
Publication Date: 1/06/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

RRP: $17.99
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In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breas out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despite his reservations, to allow her to sign up to the war effort and joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Serving her country, driving truks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders, will she ever see her prince again...? Ages 9+.