Young Elizabeth - Couverture souple

Williams, Kate

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780222432 ISBN 13 : 9781780222431

Editeur : W&N, 2013

Synopsis

The story of how Elizabeth II became queen.
'Rich with princess anecdotes... Williams's book weaves the Second World War, vast social change and the royal upheaval of abdication and celebration of coronation into energised, nostalgic storytelling' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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Professor Kate Williams is a historian and the New York Times bestselling author of over ten works of history and historical non-fiction which include Rival Queens, The Royal Palaces and Edge of the Fall. She has presented various TV shows on the BBC, Channel 5 and PBS, including Restoration Home, Young Victoria, Inside Versailles and Secrets of the Royal Palaces. She is CNN's royal historian and covers all royal events for CNN (including the funeral of Elizabeth II) and also discusses royals on the BBC and Sky News. She studied for her BA and DPhil at Oxford and is Professor in Public Engagement with History at the University of Reading, and lectures all over the world. She has appeared on shows from the Great British Bake Off to Gardener's World and has won UK quiz shows including Mastermind, Pointless and Antiques Road Trip. Her greatest love is a dusty document.

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'Rich with princess anecdotes... energised, nostalgic storytelling' Sunday Telegraph

We can hardly imagine a Britain without Elizabeth II on the throne. It seems to be the job she was born for. And yet for much of her early life the young princess did not know the role that her future would hold.

Kate Williams explores the sheltered upbringing of the young princess, her complicated relationship with her sister, Princess Margaret, and her dependence on her nanny. She details the profound and devastating impact of the abdication crisis, where at the impressionable age of ten, Elizabeth's position changed overnight: she was now heiress to the throne.

Elizabeth's monarchy would be a very different one to that of her parents and grandparents. As Kate Williams shows, its continuing popularity in the twenty-first century owes much to the intelligence, fortitude and elusive personality of this remarkable woman.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W&N
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780222432
• ISBN 13: 9781780222431
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible