EARLY PRAISE FOR THE PALACE 'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' Philippa Gregory 'Rollicking, gossipy and effortlessly learned, The Palace is what Hampton Court would say if its walls could talk. Gareth Russell is a born storyteller and this is a wonderful human history of one of Britain's most captivating buildings.' Dan Jones, bestselling author of The Plantagenets and Powers & Throne 'Vibrant, exciting, enthralling a superb panoramic history, bursting with scholarship, wit and riveting detail. A beautifully written, fascinating book about those who have lived and loved at Hampton Court' Kate Williams, author of Royal Queens PRAISE FOR DO LET'S HAVE ANOTHER DRINK 'My favourite book of the season.a brief and highly selective biography of the QM.concentrating on good stories at the expense of all the guff .along the way we learn some fascinating facts.

You know you want this book, and I know you want it, and if you're very good Father Christmas might bring it for you' The Spectator 'Entertaining .compelling.it explains a lot about this most misunderstood of matriarchs.she put the backbone into a royal family that was floundering when she joined it. And she could be shocking and funny' The Times 'A warm, funny, and above all, sympathetic picture of a remarkable woman. Russell's 'skimming-stone' biography has managed to capture both the laughter and the wisdom - I raise a glass to him' Daily Telegraph, Four star review 'Utterly compelling. This drink-infused, deliciously gossipy account of a privileged life is guaranteed to raise the spirits of anyone lucky enough to read it' Anne Sebba, author of That Woman: The life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.