Freddy and Fredericka

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A most entertaining, funny, and wise adventure, starting with the night-time parachuting naked of Freddy & Fredericka [Prince Charles & Diana] down into Bayonne Meadows--an industrial swamp and wasteland in New Jersey. Her first thought is "Who will do my hair"? His military training and omnivorous reading prepare him to make the best of things--except for such cross-cultural misunderstandings as thinking that "pig" is equivalent to "bobby," etc. The worst of it for her is that when she goes down office halls pushing the mop-bucket with which she cleans toilets is that men do not cast admiring glances her way. They both rise to their menial tasks, support themselves for the first time, and learn to truly love one another. They come to appreciate the greatness of America, and, after a year or so, arrive back in England--wiser and happier than ever. Contents......Page 8 Prologue......Page 11 I. The Garden of Eden......Page 13 The Man Who Would Be King, Who Would Rather Not......Page 14 . . . and the Woman Who Preferred That He Would......Page 41 The Lord Cecil Psnake and the Lord Alfie Didgeridoo......Page 79 Crisis of the Royals: The Prime Minister v Mr Apehand, Leader of HM Loyal Opposition......Page 96 Parley at Windsor......Page 131 II. Paradise Lost......Page 161 Angels......Page 162 Gypsies......Page 215 Thieves......Page 248 Tramps......Page 283 III. Manifest Destiny......Page 298 Anglo-Saxon Times in Chicago......Page 299 A Short Interlude on the Mississippi......Page 328 "The Aluminum-Tongued Orator of the Platte"......Page 340 Flash Fire......Page 388 IV. Paradise Regained......Page 433 Freddy Escapes from the Mental Hospital and Enters American Politics. What's the Difference?......Page 434 Moocock at Fresh Sight......Page 506 Philippa......Page 531 Craig-Vyvyan and Coronation......Page 540 Epilogue......Page 556