"The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding" by William Morrow. 400 pp. $16.99 When Princess Elizabeth's engagement to Philip Mountbatten was announced in 1947, her wedding dress was the subject of speculation and intrigue in war-exhausted England. English designer Norman Hartnell (an inspiration for "Phantom Thread") was given the commission, and the gown — with a 15-foot train of tulle embroidered with "York roses ... star flowers, ears of [...]
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