Counting One's Blessings: The Collected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Brossura

Shawcross

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ISBN 10: 0330535773 ISBN 13: 9780330535779

Casa editrice: Pan Books, 2013

Riassunto

One of the revelations of William Shawcross's official biography of the Queen Mother was her private correspondence. Indeed the Sunday Times described her letters as 'wonderful ... brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness.' Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent from her earliest childhood and her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the person behind the public face. They reveal - in her own words - the little girl writing to her family; the young woman who, eventually, accepted Prince Albert's proposal; the Duchess of York, embracing the public role demanded of her, on royal tours both at home and abroad. They reveal, too, her shock when she and her husband realized that he would become King, the dreadful toll exacted by the Second World War, culminating in the King's tragically early death, and her determination to find a role for herself during her long widowhood. Full of wit, acute observation and a deeply held sense of duty, Queen Elizabeth's letters offer a chronicle not only of her long life, but of the twentieth century.

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Descrizione del libro:

The Queen Mother's witty, entertaining and insightful correspondence, published together for the first time.

L'autore:

William Shawcross became a writer after leaving University College, Oxford in 1968. Since then he has written and travelled widely. His many books include Queen and Country and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: the Official Biography. He lives in London and Cornwall.

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• Editore: Pan Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0330535773
• ISBN 13: 9780330535779
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 689