![]() ![]() “I created a friendship between my heroine and Princess Louise, Queen Victoria’s sixth child, and I drew on many parallels from my life for Lady Margaret’s journey. “I invented a history for her that incorporated real people and events, including some of my other ancestors,” Ferguson has said. ![]() The journey takes her to Ireland, America and back to Britain.Īnd if it all sounds more than a bit like Ferguson herself, that’s not by accident. The novel is a richly detailed look at Victorian England in the aftermath of Prince Albert’s death, focusing on the personal journey of Lady Margaret, a highborn yet free-spirited woman who decides to follow her heart and individual purpose rather than simply existing in the mold that had been set out for her at birth. ![]() But although her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, were close friends with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, I was unable to discover much about my namesake’s early life, and so was born the idea which became ‘Her Heart for a Compass.’ ” “Digging into the history of the Montagu Douglas Scotts, I first came across Lady Margaret, who intrigued me because she shared one of my given names. “It all started with researching my ancestry,” the duchess has explained. The inspiration for Fergie’s latest book is her great-great-aunt, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott. Tea for Ruby (Hardcover) By Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator) 21.99 Not available Description That Ruby Wherever she goes, table cloths accidentally pull dishes to the floor, flowers get trampled and spaghetti somehow end up in her hair. ![]()
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