Elizabeth the Queen
The Life of a Modern Monarch
New York : Random House, [2012]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who has led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last sixty years with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace.
Contents:
A royal education -- Love match -- Destiny calls -- "Ready, girls?" -- Affairs of state -- Made for television -- New beginnings -- Refuge in routines -- Daylight on the Magic -- Ring of silence -- "Not bloody likely!" -- Feeling the love -- Iron Lady and English Rose -- A very special relationship -- Family fractures -- Annus horribilis -- Tragedy and tradition -- Love and grief -- Moving pictures -- A soldier at heart -- Long live the Queen.
Subjects:
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022.
Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022.
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022.
Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022.
ISBN:
9780679643937
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.