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Synopsis
What would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis?
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About the Author
Alan Bennett is one of the most celebrated writers in Britain today. His play (and film) The History Boys won seven Emmys in New York and was the most successful play in the history of the National Theatre. Untold Stories has sold over 700,000 copies in hardback and paperback. Alan Bennett was Author of the Year at the 2006 British Book Awards.
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[insert Royal Court logo] A masterpiece of comic brevity. Observer Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster travelling library outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen finds herself taking out a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. Duff read though it proves to be, the following week she withdraws a second, more enjoyable choice of book. This awakens in Her Majesty a passion for reading so great that her public duties begin to suffer. And so, as she devours work by everyone from Hardy to Brookner to Proust to Beckett, her equerries conspire to bring the Queen's literary odyssey to a close. A gloriously entertaining comic narrative, but it is also much more: a deadly serious manifesto for the potential of reading to change lives. Edward Marriot, Observer As good as anything he has ever done. David Sexton, Evening Standard Turn off the phone, lock the door, and devour it. Country Life His portrait of the Queen s sentimental education through literature is gently subversive, wholly convincing, and very, very funny. London Review of Books A beguiling bedtime story for grown-ups. Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph There is one little gem that stands out [it] must take pride of place for its sheer originality. It is a slender volume, but full of drama. I loved it. John Major, Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year
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