{"product_id":"the-dukes-secret-sue-williams-9781761471704","title":"The Duke's Secret","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth \u0026amp; Elizabeth \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Governor, His Wife and His Mistress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, comes a remarkable work of historical fiction based on the author's own family history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is a young maid in a stately home; he is a dashing British army officer trapped in an unhappy marriage. The pair strike up a close friendship and, just as he's departing for war, they surrender to their passion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, he returns triumphant from defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, to reunite not only with his wife and their two sons, but also with the maid Mary Ann and their illegitimate daughter, Elizabeth. They all have to find a way through the tangle of affairs and betrayals, especially now he's hailed as the hero of the free world with a new title: the Duke of Wellington. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo hundred years on, in Australia, a woman meets with her long-lost father and is told the family legend that they're descendants of a maid who worked for the Iron Duke. She sets out to prove once and for all whether or not this story is true, and what she discovers shocks everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sue Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1761471708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781761471704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Sue Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997489082623,"sku":"9781761471704","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dukes-secret-sue-williams-9781761471704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}