The Queen’s Coronation by Jennifer Ryan is a unique novel following the life of three women as they work around Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation. Each of the women came to the job with different focuses and found themselves in a place to chronicle the start of Queen Elizabeth’s reign and her coronation.
Caroline Brimstone, assistant dresser to the queen. For her this job allowed her to take care of her daughter. She was married to a man who used her after the man she loved never came back from the war. The job, taking care of the clothes allowed her some freedom.
Lucy Jones is a junior wardrobe assistant, but she came to London to be a star. She wanted to be on stage, singing with all the adoration that comes with it. Too bad she was so gullible and easily taken in.
Miranda Miller has come over from America as a temporary secretary in the palace. In reality she was a reporter for an American paper and had every intention of using her new job to get the skinny on the Queen’s Coronation.
All three women might not have realized at first, but they were a start of a new world. Women in places of power, women who could lead. All led by Queen Elizabeth. The story shows so much of the back story about the Queen and the politics of the government, but also highlights the daily struggle of three women.
The Queen’s Coronation by Jennifer Ryan was not my favorite read recently. While it had lots of good information and three good stories, I struggled to stay invested in the novel. I am sure other people who enjoy historical fiction might feel differently.
This ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
