The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding

The Gown is a historical novel that tells the story of one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century - Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown - and the fascinating women who made it.

Set in post-war London, the book follows the friendship between two embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell, Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, as they work on the princess's wedding gown.

The novel is a moving portrayal of female self-reliance in a world racked by war, and it has been praised by bestselling author Kate Quinn as "marvelous and moving." Heather Mackenzie, a woman who never spoke of her old life in Britain, inherits a set of embroidered flowers from her late grandmother that closely resemble the motifs on the stunning gown worn by Queen Elizabeth II at her wedding almost seventy years before.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in historical fiction, fashion, or the story of the British royal family.