The Ambassador's Women Author:Catherine Gaskin From castles in Cornwall to the glittering capitals of the world.... — They meet quite by chance on a lonely bridge in prewar London- one a fabulously wealthy American woman; the other, the titled but impoverished wife of a career diplomat. From that fateful encounter emerges a friendship that binds two families in a passionate drama of love, lo... more »yalty, and unforgettable tragedy. Set on a world stage of privilege, power, and political unheaval, their lives are irrevocably marked by a second world war, by the powerful presence of one of the world's richest men, and by a dark secret that threatens them all. But it is the compelling love of a young orphaned girl that profoundly touches three generations, and unites the families for all time.« less
Fabulous story about the friendship of two women and how that friendship makes two families into one. Great descriptions of London and Europe before and during WWII.