Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II - Couverture rigide

Lacey, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0743235592 ISBN 13 : 9780743235594

Editeur : Free Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Lacey Robert

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For more than fifty years, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor -- who became Elizabeth II, Queen of England on February 6, 1952 -- has been loved and loathed, revered and feared, applauded and criticized by her people. Still she endures as a captivating figure in the world's most durable symbol of political authority: the British monarchy.
In Monarch, a meticulously detailed portrait of Elizabeth II as both a human being and an institution, bestselling author Robert Lacey brings the queen to life as never before: as baby "Lilibet" learning to wave to a crowd in the Royal Mews; as a child "ardently praying for a brother" so as to avoid her fate; as a young woman falling in love with and marrying her cousin Philip; and as the mother-in-law of the most complicated royal of all, Princess Diana.
Updated with new material to reflect the 2002 Golden Jubilee and the passing of the Queen Mum -- and featuring dozens of photographs, a family tree of the Hanoverian-Windsor-Mountbatten families, and a map that charts the location of royal castles -- Monarch is an engaging, critical, and celebratory account of Elizabeth's half-century reign that no reader of popular history should be without.

Revue de presse

Martin Amis The New Yorker An exemplary book.

Newsweek Robert Lacey [is] peerless...because he better than anyone sees the modern English monarchy for what it is.

Dominick Dunne In Monarch, Robert Lacey makes you feel like you're right there -- in the palace, in the castle....I was absolutely riveted.

Houston Chronicle A definitive study.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Free Pr
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0743235592
• ISBN 13: 9780743235594
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 476
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible