However, the topic drew me, and probably thousand of other 40-something year old women. It has received reviews that range from lukewarm to mediocre, which should have dissuaded me. While I cannot call this novel completely unreadable, I cannot recommend it. Untold Story is a novel about family and friendship, intrigue and obsession, the meaning of identity, and the peculiar calamity of fame. Will he recognize her? Should she flee or remain calm? Is there anyone she can trust and turn to, or will she inevitably be betrayed? She is, at least, safe in the knowledge - having altered her appearance and ten years after her 'death' - that her secret will never be uncovered.īut then a chance encounter with a member of the paparazzi robs her of that certainty. It is threatened by thoughts of what she has lost: not the glamour and glitz of royalty but that which is most precious - her children.
The fictional princess who is the novel's heroine is at breaking point and, believing that the Establishment is plotting her assassination, she makes an irrevocable decision: to stage her own death and begin a new life under an assumed identity.Īfter a period of intense upheaval, Lydia (as she is known) settles in small town America and establishes a fragile peace. Untold Story takes the life of the world's most famous woman as a point of departure, examining the past and imagining a future. Constrained by protocol and precedent, she refused to follow the rules. Within a life of privilege, she frequently felt trapped and alone. Adored by millions, in her personal life she suffered heartbreak and betrayal. Diana's life and marriage were fairy tale and nightmare.
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