Your Royal Hostage by Antonia Fraser, Киев

‘We don’t want to hurt her. We must remember that. All of us. She is after all innocent … Well, isn’t she?’

As preparations for the royal wedding advance, a secret organisation is formulating plans that will have dangerous consequences. They need a gesture that will call attention to the rights and wrongs of those who have no voice of their own. And what better way than to target the royal bride?

Meanwhile, Jemima Shore is grappling with the royal wedding in her own way – as a commentator. So she happens to be on hand when things go badly wrong…