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Jane Dismore is a freelance writer and biographer who enjoyed several lives before turning to writing on a full-time basis. Her literary agent is Andrew Lownie.

 NEWS Jane’s latest book (2018) is PRINCESS: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II  It’s published in the USA in hardback (Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) and is available from Lyons Press or from Amazon. PRINCESS is also published in the UK (Thistle Publishing, below right) in paperback and ebook and is available from Amazon or to order from any good bookshop.  (See sample reviews)

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NEWS  PRINCESS has been longlisted for the People’s Book Prize (for winter 2018), the only major book prize determined by the public vote. If you would like to vote to push PRINCESS towards the finalists list, you can do so here: https://peoplesbookprize.com/winter-2018/princess/

NEWS:  On Saturday 1 December 2018 at 11 am. Jane will be speaking at Croxley Green Library in Hertfordshire on ‘Royals, Rebels & Aristocrats: The Pleasure & the Pain of writing about Britain’s ‘blue-blooded’ families’. It’s free but please book your place at the library: tel. 0300 123 4049 or visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CroxleyGreenLibrary/

NEWS: Jane was interviewed by the Anglophile Channel (USA) about her book PRINCESS, which was filmed in the InterContinental Hotel, Park Lane, London, the site of the Queen’s first home, 145 Piccadilly. Watch the abridged interview here (longer to come later): Interview with Anglophile Channel, 2018.

OTHER BOOKS:

DUCHESSES: Living in 21st Century Britain (published on 4th September 2014 by Blink  Books, an imprint of Bonnier Publishing.  Now also available in an e-book) HM the Queen graciously accepted a copy of Duchesses for her 90th birthday. 

When Kate Middleton was made a royal duchess in 2011, she made the old title topical, even desirable, again. Just below the royal duchesses on the aristocratic tree sits another tiny group of women with their dukes: the non-royal duchesses. They are just as much a part of Britain’s heritage, the dukedoms having been awarded by monarchs since the 16th century, but they are a dying breed.

Ten of these duchesses form the basis of this book. Not only is it the first time they have been featured together but in many cases it is the first time they have talked publicly about themselves. Each also selects a favourite duchess from the past, providing a fascinating gallery through the centuries and a comparison with today – for what does it mean to be a duchess in the 21st century when privilege is not a popular concept?

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THE VOICE FROM THE GARDEN: Pamela Hambro and the Tale of Two Families Before and After the Great War (pub. Aug 2012, SilverWood Books)

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LONGLISTED 2013 FOR THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

This true family saga focuses on two prominent families during a turbulent time in Britain’s history: the Hambros, a major merchant banking dynasty, and the Cobbolds, a long established British brewing family from Suffolk, who are united in 1919 by marriage. Their friends include the mighty Morgan banking family of the USA, and the prominent Swedish industrialists, the Wallenbergs, as well as members of the British aristocracy. At the heart of the action lies the love story of Pamela Cobbold and Charles Hambro.

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