The Monarchy: An Oral Biography of Elizabeth II
Deborah Strober,Gerald Strober
Language: English
Published by Broadway, 2002
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592 pages. Her public and private worlds, the life and times of Elizabeth II and her fam ily.Fifty years ago in February 1952, while in Kenya on the beginning of a world tour, Princess Elizabeth ascended to the British Throne on the death of her father, King George VI, who the day before had stood on the tarmac at London ?s Heathrow airport waving her farewell. She returned to London as Queen to be met at the foot of the aircraft steps by Prime Minister Winston Churchill.T he Monarchy is the brilliantly constructed oral biography of the life of Elizabe th II and her fifty-year rule as the second-longest-reigning British sovereign i n history. This candid look at the enduring monarch has been compiled from inter views that paint a rich picture of the private and the public life of the Queen. With access to over one hundred friends and associates of the Royal Family, the authors have woven their in-depth conversations into a fascinating, comprehensi ve personal profile that brings vividly to life the various strands of Queen Eli zabeth?s life.We follow the story from her birth in an elegant townhouse i n London?s Piccadilly, through the trauma of the abdication of her uncle, Edwa rd VIII, and her realization that she was the heir to the Throne. During the Lon don blitz the Royal Family stayed in London, an action that was loved by Britons , and after the war her almost fairytale marriage to Prince Philip followed by h er Coronation in 1953 in Westminster Abbey. This early life is brought vividly t o life by insiders like Lady Pamela Hicks, Lady Elizabeth Longford, Michael Park er, Earl of Harewood, Philip Ziegler, and others.The years of her reign, bes et by political turmoil in her beloved Commonwealth of Nations and problems near.…
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- Title
- The Monarchy: An Oral Biography of Elizabeth II
- Author
- Deborah Strober,Gerald Strober
- Publisher
- Broadway
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0767906381
- ISBN 13
- 9780767906388
- Dimensions
- 16.4cm x 4.8cm x 24.1cm
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