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# The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding

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    Oh, that Dress...
  

*by G***L on Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2019*

"The Gown", by British author Jennifer Robson, is historical fiction written in a favorite style for authors these days. Namely, there are multiple points of view - in this case, three - and operating in different time periods, two in Robson's book.  The story's focal point is Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress and the interest and attendant commotion it caused in the post WW2 Britain. The government and the Royal Family threw caution to the wind after years of war-time and post-war economy and rationing and gave Elizabeth and her (dishy) groom, Philip Mountbatten, a real celebration.Part of most wedding hooplas, of course, is the wedding dress. Elizabeth's was handmade at the fashion firm of Norman Hartnell. Hartnell had been dressing the Royal family, as well as other aristocrats and general rich people since the 1920's. He and his firm were the obvious choice to design THE dress for the November, 1947 wedding. Jennifer Robson focuses on two of Hartnell's embroiderers in her story.Robson writes in her Afterword that she wanted to write about the Royal Wedding, but not from the usual viewpoint of the bride or members of the wedding party. She chose to write using the two women - both at odds and ends in post-war Britain. Ann, a young woman from Barking, has worked at Hartnell for 10 years or so and has worked her way up in the Hartnell studio. Miriam is a refugee from France, who arrives in London both with a recommendation from Christian Dior and a lot of secrets she's not willing or able to disclose. She gets a job at Hartnell and she and Ann share a house. The third character of the story is Ann's granddaughter, Heather, who lives in current-day Toronto. Her beloved "Gran" has died and she - like her old friend, Miriam, has gone to her grave with lots of untold secrets.Jennifer Robson brings both the plot and the characters together, and makes the time span of 70 or so years between 1947 and 2015 disappear. She's a good writer and the book, while somewhat predicable. I assume it would be a good book club selection. Is it great literature? No, but it's a good read.

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    Meh.
  

*by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019*

This book was a real disappointment. The story about the women who created Queen Elizabeth's wedding dress could have been a fascinating view of life in London following World War II, and of the common folk who worked behind the scenes to produce the trappings of this most anticipated royal wedding. Instead, this book is plodding, dull and predictable. The characters, the dialog and the plotting seemed to come straight out of a Hallmark made-for-TV movie script.Dramatic and emotional scenes seem contrived. Every conflict that every character has throughout the novel is sanitized and then neatly resolved, regardless of how far-fetched that resolution would be in real life. And although the author is clearly trying, she fails to give her characters much personality or depth. They all seem a little stereotypical (ie: typical British working-class girl, typical upper-class twit, typical Frenchwoman, typical Canadian, etc).Had I wanted to read a Harlequin Romance (which I never, ever do...), I would have just stopped at Goodwill and picked one up for less than a dollar. I paid considerably more that a buck for this book, unfortunately.On the upside, since the book is so simply and blandly written, it's a very quick read. That said, I'll still never get back the 3 or 4 hours it took to slog thru it. Needless to say, I don't recommend this book.

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    A captivating stitch in time!
  

*by C***P on Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019*

Jennifer Robson’s novel THE GOWN captures a time and place with such exquisite detail. Historical fiction fans, royal watchers, and fashion lovers behold this book! Robson has woven a story about post-war time England when times were terribly dismal – think rationing, jobs were grueling and often served only to make ends meet, if that, and life was just hard. But, Princess Elizabeth’s upcoming royal wedding was soon to take place and all of London was a buzz. Everyone awaited to see what she was going to wear and even in grim 1947, pre-social media, people were clamoring a glimpse of the design of yes, a dress. Perhaps, a sparkle of hope.A young woman who lost her entire family, but not hope, had the talent and the good fortune to work as an embroider for the designer of the soon to be Queen’s wedding gown. Her impending friendship with a new colleague transforms both of their lives and a generation to come.A magnificent story unfolds of friendship, romance, family, and the ties that bind.

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