Summary of Helen Cathcart's Sandringham

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Prince of Wales, Albert Edward, was bound for his future in 1862. He had been at the heart of the Windsor drama, rushing across England to reach the death chamber in the small hours and keep vigil at the bedside, but he had received no flicker of recognition from the dying man.#2 The purchase of Sandringham was a prime example of the Prince Consort s high-pressure salesmanship. The Prince was wary and irresolute, but he agreed that its position in the north-west hinterland of Norfolk was an asset.#3 The industrial revolution had barely touched the ancient villages of Lynn, which lay in the northwest corner of Norfolk. This development was still in the future, an unturned key.#4 The Prince was very young when he went on the tour, but he was already familiar with the theory and practice of architecture because his father had built many buildings. He had explored a friendly, mysterious, and garish world of bricklayers and carpenters when he was twelve.