{"product_id":"time-and-chance-peter-townsend-9781913727130","title":"Time and Chance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE REMARKABLE LIFE OF PETER TOWNSEND, THE MAN CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREAT LOVE OF PRINCESS MARGARET'S LIFE, EQUERRY TO KING GEORGE VI AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA Royal fairy tale\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the saddest love stories of modern times\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003cem\u003eOne afternoon, at Windsor Castle, when everyone had gone to London for some ceremony, we talked, in the red drawing-room, for hours - about ourselves. It was then that we made the mutual discovery of how much we meant to one another. She listened, without uttering a word, as I told her, very quietly, of my feelings. Then she simply said: \"That is exactly how I feel, too.\" It was, to us both, an immensely gladdening disclosure, but one which sorely troubled us\u003c\/em\u003e.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend in the 1950s rocked the British Establishment, pulled at the heartstrings of a nation and brought sorrow to two intensely human individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime and Chance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Peter Townsend tells his side of the story in intensely personal terms, and places the episode within the whole context of his full and varied life, a story which includes great heroism in World War II as well as his part in one of the most publicised love stories of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Townsend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913727130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913727130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Silvertail Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Peter Townsend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132905419007,"sku":"9781913727130","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fbfc71f-0830-4cf7-9d98-bd3f2e10120d.jpg?v=1687482996","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-and-chance-peter-townsend-9781913727130","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}