E S Cole author of “Visiting Mum” a debut novel by this local author, will be signing copies of her book at Kenilworth Books on 10th December between 10.00am & midday. We look forward to seeing you there…

On Wednesday December 7th at 7pm

Miles McNair will be talking about his new book

‘Olive, Princess of Cumberland’

at Warwick Library. This event has been re-arranged for this date by

Warwick Books in conjunction with Warwick Library.

Olive Wilmot was brought up to believe she was the daughter of a Warwickshire artist and his wife, and the niece of a mysterious clergyman, Dr. James Wilmot, who was said to be in the ‘special confidence’ of King George III. At the age of 23, she was introduced to George Augustus, the dashing Prince of Wales, and their brief affair in 1805 resulted in the birth of a daughter, Caroline, who was immediately whisked away for adoption by ‘Special Agents’ from Windsor. This was just the first of a series of scandals that Olive became involved in, scandals that included an enigmatic relationship with the Earl of Warwick, an intimate association with Edward Duke of Kent, later to be the father of Queen Victoria, and even darker secrets involving the love life of young George III before he became King.

Olive was attractive, audacious, extremely sexy and highly intelligent; she was also extraordinarily well educated for a woman of her age. She was a talented artist in her own right and became a prolific author and journalist, but who was she really? After the death of her two mentors, she had to spend the rest of her life trying to solve the riddle of her true parentage, a journey that would involve numerous court cases, charges of fraud and forgery, and cover-ups and corruption in high places.

Based largely on previously unpublished sources, this book sets out to find solutions to the mysteries surrounding Olive’s scandalous life, while the final chapter reveals answers that have eluded all previous writers on this period of political unrest and uncertainties over the Royal succession.

‘What a riveting story you have uncovered, my eyes were out on stalks! I think you have a best-seller on your hands.’ Victoria Glendinning

A new book by local author Janet Roberts,”Chico Chugg”, is now available at Kenilworth Books priced £6.99…