Autobiography of the Queen, The - Hardcover

Emma Tennant

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9781905147885: Autobiography of the Queen, The

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905147880 ISBN 13: 9781905147885

Publisher: Bliss Books, 2007

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On a dull morning in September, at her Scottish castle Balmoral, The Queen was packing a suitcase. She had never done this for herself before, and after negotiating with the luggage store-room (which she had never visited before) she felt too much attention would be drawn to her if she was seen dragging a heavy suitcase down to her private sitting room. So begins this hilarious novel about Her Majesty. After another scandalous kiss-and-tell story is unveiled involving Prince Harry the Queen escapes to the Caribbean where a whole world of comical misunderstandings awaits.

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Review:

'My kind of reading' - Vanity Fair's Dominick Dunne'All one wants for Christmas' - Observer'The Autobiography of The Queen is a humorous imagining by Emma Tennant, in which Her Majesty disappears to St Lucia' - The Bookseller'"Gloria Smith" decides she needs a break, so heads to St Lucia for some peace. But what no one on the island knows is that she is, in fact, the Queen of England...Regal reading' - The Star'An amusing and affectionate fictional portrait of a woman who has been a constant, comforting factor for the British people in an increasingly uncertain world' - Glasgow Herald

Synopsis:

Queen Elizabeth has gone AWOL from Balmoral and no one can find her. Where has she gone and why? This winsome, if unlikely, account of the Queen's disappearance, recounts the monarch's solo journey to the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, to take possession of her recently purchased home in the idyllic-sounding Joli Estate. Here, after more than half a century on the throne, she will recall the years of her reign in peace and tranquility, in the guise of her new identity as Gloria Smith. But the house is no more than a muddy hole in the ground, and the Queen must punt. She is not used to asking for anything, carrying cash, fending for herself, introducing herself, or being ignored.The story of the sovereign's sojourn in her former colony is a funny and touching account of the sometimes contentious and occasionally baffling friendship between Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and a scruffy young St. Lucian, Austin Ford. How this radical change of life and circumstance affects the Queen - and how she changes as a result - make for a hilarious and moving tale, in which her need for her subjects is as marked as their dependence on her staying on the throne.

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