The Queen's Faithful Companion : A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan

From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes an endearing and vivid novel told from the unique multi-narrative viewpoints of a young Queen Elizabeth; Hanna Penwyck, the fictionalized Keeper of the Queen’s dogs; and Susan, the Queen’s Corgi, whose love and loyalty were boundless. A reigning queen…Elizabeth wasn’t born to be queen.But when her uncle abdicates and her father steps in as king, everything in her life changes.There is one thing that never wavers, however: her endearing love of her Corgis-especially the new puppy Susan, a gift for her eighteenth birthday.Susan is by her side during Elizabeth’s WWII service, falling in love with Philip and getting married, the death of her father King George VI, her accession to the throne, the birth of her first child, and the early struggles with running a country-an ever-present reminder to find the balance between self and crown. A loyal servant…Hanna Penwyck has grown up with her family in service to the crown.Awkward and shy, she