Margaret: The Untold Story (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NOEL BOTHAM)

Botham, Noel

ISBN 10: 1857820789 / ISBN 13: 9781857820782

Published by Blake, London, 1994

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VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NOEL BOTHAM, on dedication page. Inscription reads, 'To -----/Thank you for sharing/some of the good times/All my love/Noel/xxxx/Noel Botham'. Illustrated with photographs. The biography of Princess Margaret (1930-2002). The youngest daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and the only sibling of Queen Elizabeth 11. She grew up to be an impossibly selfish young woman, outrageously demanding and utterly spoilt. With Index. Faint age-tanning to edges of pages; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected by a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Margaret: The Untold Story (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NOEL BOTHAM)
• Publisher: Blake, London
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857820789
• ISBN 13: 9781857820782
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus
• Signed: Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography and Autobiography
  • History

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Synopsis

This work reveals the extraordinary and tragic story of the passionate, adulterous affair between the Queen's sister and jazz musician Robin Douglas-Home. When finally rejected, Douglas-Home was devastated. One year later he killed himself.

About the Author

Noel Botham is a highly respected biographer. He has written countless books including the bestselling biography of Princess Margaret - Margaret the Untold Story. He has been a crime and parliamentary reporter, working for the Evening Star, the Daily Sketch, The News of the World and the People.