I saw this book at Barnes and Noble a few weeks ago and pretty much fell in love immediately. Mostly for the sheer reason that the cover has a Union Jack, the Queen's seal and a lorrie. But after reading it, I'm even more in love with it. The storyline sounded straightforward. The Queen gets annoyed with her position so she decides to go on walk-about around London. What I hadn't expected was that the Queen in the story was actually Queen Elizabeth herself. The story weaved in real aspects from the monarch's life and times which was even more perfect than a fake Queen.
I think most people have this image of Queen Elizabeth as a stoic, almost rude octogenarian that's nothing more than a figurehead for Great Britain. But after reading the story, you see a completely different side of her. It's fiction I know and none of this may be true, but you get the sense she's a real person with real feelings and a real personality. AND you actually like her and like her sense of humor. You feel for her and for her predicaments, which is what I think Kuhn was trying to do.
Long story short, it's brilliantly written and such a unique idea. If you're a fan of England and all things Royal or just want a happy, feel-good story, I whole-heartedly suggest you pick it up!
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