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Indlæser... Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch (original 2011; udgave 2012)af Sally Bedell Smith
Work InformationElizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch af Sally Bedell Smith (2011)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Very well researched but quite dull. ( ) Enjoyable but wordy I was so excited to read this biography of Queen Elizabeth II. I am glad I stuck with it but it could have been written in a more interesting and appealing manner. It read like a dot journal or an itinerary. Also, the author used uncommon and pretentious vocabulary. It was unnecessary and just served to make the reader have to stop and look up definitions. It was unnecessary. I really enjoyed this book despite is overwhelming size. I honestly though I would get bored halfway through but I didn't- in fact it just kept getting better. The Monarchy and the Queen have always been fascination of mine and this book went nicely, probably because it was written in a good light. I find Elizabeth II fascinating and an role model for her faith, courage and strength. No one is perfect and it seemed as though this book tried to showcase a little of it. The only part I found surprising was seeing Diana in a bad light. This book was not partial to her at all. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? Perfect for fans of The Crown, this magisterial biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a close-up view of the woman we??ve known only from a distance??and a captivating window into the last great monarchy. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled 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 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. In Elizabeth the Queen, we meet the young girl who suddenly becomes ??heiress presumptive? when her uncle abdicates the throne. We meet the thirteen-year-old Lilibet as she falls in love with a young navy cadet named Philip and becomes determined to marry him, even though her parents prefer wealthier English aristocrats. We see the teenage Lilibet repairing army trucks during World War II and standing with Winston Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on V-E Day. We see the young Queen struggling to balance the demands of her job with her role as the mother of two young children. Sally Bedell Smith brings us inside the palace doors and into the Queen??s daily routines??the ??red boxes? of documents she reviews each day, the weekly meetings she has had with twelve prime ministers, her physically demanding tours abroad, and the constant scrutiny of the press??as well as her personal relationships: with Prince Philip, her husband of sixty-four years and the love of her life; her children and their often-disastrous marriages; her grandchildren and friends. Praise for Elizabeth the Queen ??An excellent, all-embracing new biography.???The New York Times ??[An] imposing, yet nimbly written, biography [that] dwarfs the field . . . a most satisfying and enjoyable read, one to be savored at length.???Minneapolis Star Tribune ??Fascinating . . . After sixty years on the throne, the monarch of Britain is better known for her poker face than for sly wit or easy charm. Yet in biographer Sally Bedell Smith??s Elizabeth the Queen, Her Majesty sparkles with both.???More ??[A No library descriptions found. |
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