Elizabeth the Queen : the life of a modern monarch
Smith, Sally Bedell, 1948-2012
Book
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.
Main title:
Elizabeth the Queen : the life of a modern monarch / Sally Bedell Smith.
Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : Random House, c2012.
Collation:
xxii, 663 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shelving notes:
23663 0000060406 1 04-06-2012 99 interviews with the queen and her husband ......letters phillip wrote to the queen soon after they were married and several other moments of a modern monarch.book form. nyctro 04-06-2012 7
Contents:
A royal educationLove matchDestiny calls"Ready, girls?"Affairs of stateMade for televisionNew beginningsRefuge in routinesDaylight on the MagicRing of silence"Not bloody likely!"Feeling the loveIron Lady and English RoseA very special relationshipFamily fracturesAnnus horribilisTragedy and traditionLove and griefMoving picturesA soldier at heartLong live the Queen.
ISBN:
9781400067893 (alk paper)1400067898 (alk paper)
Dewey class:
941.085092941.085
LC class:
DA590DA590
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
201296
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Biography | BIOG 941.085 ELIZ | Available |