{"product_id":"bequest-9780995353732","title":"Bequest","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Phyllis McDuff\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Emily Cooney\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Emily Cooney\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Romance - Historical - Victorian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBequest is the story of a gold bracelet containing a miniature portrait of Queen Victoria, inscribed 'from Victoria R, May 1849'; an heirloom from my mother Bettina Mendl who fled Vienna in 1938 ahead of the Nazi occupation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe lost everything; an extensive villa, vineyards, a castle in the Tyrol, the Ankerbrot factory, and a stable of prize winning tournament horses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe fled to Australia with an English five pound note in her pocket. She survived the war, met my father; station manager Joe McDuff, and had two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany years later, she returned to Vienna and retrieved the bracelet. And I have discovered its story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1848 waves of rebellion claimed the Royal Houses of Europe one by one, leaving Queen Victoria and her family in the gravest of danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young Queen pregnant with her sixth child, survived two assassination attempts in two days.\u003cbr\u003e Now Anna, a young Austrian maid in the Royal nursery, must undertake a secret mission to save the lives of the precious children in her care.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emily Cooney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45119279464599,"sku":"9780995353732","price":1312.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780995353732.webp?v=1767644187","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bequest-9780995353732","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}