Philippa S Secret The Gift Of Christmas

James, Earl Benfield was injured in the war against Napoleon. Now disabled and widowed too, he is travelling towards London for Christmas with his two small daughters. They stop at a small coaching inn at Sawtry on The Great North Road.Also travelling to London for Christmas is Emma, Lady Collins, a young widow who lost her husband in the same war. She stops at the same inn. Overnight, thieves steal some of their horses. The next day James, Emma and his daughters share a carriage, using the remaining horses, so they can all continue their journey south.In London their families visit Astley's Amphitheatre and a Pantomime together. Ben and Emma help each other fend off unwanted suitors until they finally realise they are made for each other.

The six-book bosed set of the bestselling Tudor Court novels by Philippa Gregory, #1 New York Times bestselling author and "the queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY): The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen.

Sparkling with magic, warmth and charm, this is the first book in the Philippa Fisher series from bestselling Emily Windsnap author Liz Kessler - full of friendship and fairies. Eleven-year-old Philippa Fisher is not happy. She's picked on at school, her parents are embarrassing, and worst of all, her best friend has just moved away. But it seems Philippa's luck is about to change when Daisy, the new girl at school, reveals that she is Philippa's fairy godmother - or godsister, since they are the same age. Daisy has been assigned to help Philippa by granting her three wishes. Unfortunately, Daisy is not too fond of working with humans, and she can't wait to get her mission over with. But as every wish seems to make Philippa's life worse rather than better, can the two girls team up to fix Philippa's world before it's too late? A traditional story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, PHILIPPA FISHER'S FAIRY GODSISTER touches on friendship, luck, finding out what you really want, and learning to handle the cards you are dealt.