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Another American Heiress: Alberta’s Encounter with Mrs. Freddie Guest
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Another American Heiress: Alberta’s Encounter with Mrs. Freddie Guest

Two American heiresses, just days from giving birth - one to Winston Churchill's godson, the other to the future Earl of Sandwich.

It’s May 1906, and Alberta Sturges Montagu is just days away from giving birth to her first child. She’s tucked up at 12 Bruton Street in Mayfair, writing to her mother with doves cooing from the windowsill and a vase of irises blooming in sync. It all sounds rather Bridgerton meets Berkeley Square - except that Alberta’s letter is full of something ev…

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