Toby FitzOsborne also lives in London, where he attends boarding school. Rosemary’s son, Simon, lives in London, working for the family lawyer. Rosemary Chester also lives with the FitzOsbornes, caring for the King, who is now quite mad most of the time. They live in a crumbling castle at one end of the island, and, despite being royal, they have no money. However, its royal residents only include, besides Sophie, her 10 year old tomboy sister Henry (short for Henrietta), her beautiful cousin Veronica, 17 and Veronica’s father King John. The FitzOsbornes are the reigning royal family on the island. Montmaray is a very small fictional island in the English Channel at the mouth of the Bay of Biscay. The brief history referred to in the title of this novel is the entries made by the main character, Sophie FitzOsborne, after she receives a diary for her 16th birthday from her brother Toby.
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