[Download] Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch - Sally Bedell Smith
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
?An excellent, all-embracing new biography.??The New York Times? From the moment of her ascension to the throne at age twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled admiration and scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well do we really know the world?s most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in extraordinary detail the public and private lives of one of the world?s most fascinating and enigmatic women. In Elizabeth the Queen, we meet the young girl who suddenly becomes ?heiress presumptive? when her uncle abdicates the throne. We see the young Queen struggling to balance the demands of her job with her role as the mother of two young children. And we gain insight into the Queen?s daily routines, as well as her personal relationships: with Prince Philip, her husband of sixty-four years and the love of her life, her children
Product details: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
Author : Sally Bedell Smith
Pages : 720 pages
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
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ISBN-10 : 0812979796
ISBN-13 : 9780812979794
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