mrs queen takes the train: a novel  <p><strong>“a witty, contemporary story of the downton abbey-esque tensions between servants and employers, the young and the old, and tradition and modernity.” — <em>glamour</em></strong></p><p><strong>an absolute delight of a debut novel by william kuhn—author of <em>reading jackie: her autobiography in books</em>—<em>mrs queen takes the train</em> wittily imagines the kerfuffle that transpires when a bored queen elizabeth strolls out of the palace in search of a little fun, leaving behind a desperate team of courtiers who must find the missing windsor before a national scandal erupts. </strong></p><p>after decades of service and years of watching her family&apos;s troubles splashed across the tabloids, britain&apos;s queen is beginning to feel her age. an unexpected opportunity offers her relief: an impromptu visit to a place that holds happy memories—the former royal yacht, <em>britannia</em>, now moored near edinburgh. hidden beneath a skull-emblazoned hoodie, the limber elizabeth (thank goodness for yoga) walks out of buckingham palace and heads for king&apos;s cross to catch a train to scotland. but a colorful cast of royal attendants has discovered her missing. in uneasy alliance a lady-in-waiting, a butler, an equerry, a girl from the stables, a dresser, and a clerk from the shop that supplies her majesty&apos;s cheese set out to bring her back before her absence becomes a national scandal.</p><p>comic and poignant, fast-paced and clever, <em>mrs queen takes the train</em> tweaks the pomp of the monarchy, going beneath its rigid formality to reveal the human heart of the woman at its center.</p>