The Queen Mother the official biography
The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles, and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. A revelatory royal biography that is, as well, a singular history of Brita...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2009.
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| Summary: | The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles, and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. A revelatory royal biography that is, as well, a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. London : Macmillan, 2009. |
| Physical Description: | xxiv, 1096 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 965-1056) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400043040 : 1400043042 |
| Author Notes: | In 1995 he wrote and presented the three-part BBC television series Monarchy and in 2002, to tie-in with the Queen¿s Golden Jubilee, he again wrote and presented a landmark four-part BBC television series, Queen and Country, a revealing and intimate portrait of the Queen, and an absorbing study of the changing face of monarchy and of Britain during the past half-century. He lives in London and Cornwall. (Bowker Author Biography) |
