{"product_id":"time-and-chance-9781913727130","title":"Time and Chance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE REMARKABLE LIFE OF PETER TOWNSEND, THE MAN CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREAT LOVE OF PRINCESS MARGARET'S LIFE, EQUERRY TO KING GEORGE VI AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA Royal fairy tale\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the saddest love stories of modern times\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003cem\u003eOne afternoon, at Windsor Castle, when everyone had gone to London for some ceremony, we talked, in the red drawing-room, for hours - about ourselves. It was then that we made the mutual discovery of how much we meant to one another. She listened, without uttering a word, as I told her, very quietly, of my feelings. Then she simply said: \"That is exactly how I feel, too.\" It was, to us both, an immensely gladdening disclosure, but one which sorely troubled us\u003c\/em\u003e.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend in the 1950s rocked the British Establishment, pulled at the heartstrings of a nation and brought sorrow to two intensely human individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime and Chance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Peter Townsend tells his side of the story in intensely personal terms, and places the episode within the whole context of his full and varied life, a story which includes great heroism in World War II as well as his part in one of the most publicised love stories of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Silvertail Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452963754258,"sku":"9781913727130","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89e33811-27a1-4c7f-9bb5-0260263c99f4.jpg?v=1729829883","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/time-and-chance-9781913727130","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}