When Edwina Ashley, god-daughter of Edward VII, came out in 1920 she was the most intriguing and intelligent of the debutantes of her day. When her grandfather, Sir Ernest Cassell, died the following year she also became the richest. In 1922, she married Louis Mountbatten, and embarked upon a career that kept her in the public eye for the rest of her life. Hitherto, accounts of her life have seen her only as Mountbatten's wife. Janet Morgan, with full co-operation from the family, has set the record straight. She discusses her glamorous years of parties and travels, her numerous affairs, and the way in which the war gave her great energy a focus. She worked tirelessly for the Joint War Organization of the Red Cross and St John's Ambulance. After the Japanese surrender she toured the Southeast Asia prison camps organizing medical supplies and the return of POWs. There follows the climax of the Mountbattens' career: their time in India as the Viceroy and Vicereine. Janet Morgan is the first to have seen the correspondence between Edwina and Nehru and she makes full use of it to describe their important relationship - the most intense of Edwina's life.

Edwina Mountbatten a Life of Her Own

Morgan, Janet P.

London: Harper Collins

Was Garvin, Commandant of the Cairo Police, really trying to get to the bottom of allegations of corruption in the police, or merely indulging in ambitious power games?  And what about his eccentric deputy, McPhee - is he finally going round the bend? And what of the Mamur Zapt himself: suspected, but is he above suspicion?  His girlfriend, Zeinab, is not the only one who would like to know.  The Mamur Zapt's attempts to answer these questions take him into uncharted territory: the underworld of Cairo's female rites; the arcane profession of one of Egypt's traditional crafts - snake-catching.

The Snake Catcher's Daughter

MICHAEL PEARCE

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Sharpe's Story

Literature & Fiction

CORNWELL, BERNARD

Genre Fiction

<p>DONT MISS OUT ON YOUR EXCLUSIVE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR!*LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE WHEN ITS GONE ITS GONE!*TWO CHILDHOOD FRIENDSBest friends Tommy Boyle and Scratch always had each others backs. Dragged up in care, and cruelly betrayed by everyone they trusted, they made a pact to fight their way out of the gutter together.TWO SIDES OF THE LAWOld loyalties die hard on the streets of London. Tommy throws his lot in with the notorious Darling family even if it means leaving Scratch to the wolves. Shes destined for a different path, reinventing herself as copper Kim Regan.ONE DEADLY SHOWDOWNNow theyre on opposite sides of the law. Running Operation Sting, Kim will rip the heart out of the Darlings empire and only her old pal Tommy stands in her way.As gritty and dangerous as the London streets in which its set, this is No.1 bestseller Kimberley Chambers at her best. Get ready for a shocking read with a STING in the tail . . .</p>

Sting

Chambers, Kimberley

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