Queen Elizabeth. The Queen Mother

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Pan Books
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 1096 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The Official Biography

Publishers Description: Written with complete access to the Queen Mothers personal letters and diaries, William Shawcross riveting biography is the truly definitive account of this remarkable woman, whose life spanned the twentieth century. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August 1900. Drawing on her private correspondence and other unpublished material from the Royal Archives, William Shawcross vividly reveals the witty girl who endeared herself to soldiers convalescing at Glamis in the First World War; the assured young Duchess of York; the Queen, at last feeling able to look the East End in the face at the height of the Blitz; the Queen Mother, representing the nation at home and abroad throughout her long widowhood. This splendid biography captures something of the warm glow that she brought to every event and encounter. It also reveals a deeper and more interesting character, forged by good sense, love of country, duty, humour and an instinct for what is right. This is a wonderful book, authoritative, frank and entertaining - "Daily Telegraph".

ISBN: 9780330434300