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Queen and Crown
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Sarah Gristwood celebrates the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II and how her enduring popularity was tantamount to her many supporters. The twists and turns of her life follow her teenage years during the war, marrying the Duke of Edinburgh and her ascension to the throne.
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Sarah Gristwood celebrates the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II and her enduring popularity among her many supporters. The twists and turns of her life are chronicled, beginning with her teenage years during the war, marrying the Duke of Edinburgh, and her ascension to the throne.
An internationally admired figure, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was the most high-profile monarch in the world, known for her extensive popularity.
Spanning from 1926 to the end of her reign in 2022, Elizabeth: The Queen and the Crown reveals the story behind Britain's longest-reigning monarch's extraordinary life. Sarah Gristwood explores the pivotal moments in Her Majestyβs life β including her teenage years during World War II, meeting and marrying Prince Philip of Greece, later the Duke of Edinburgh, and her accession to the throne in 1952.
The book is divided into chapters covering different periods of her life, from βApprenticeship (1926β1956)β, βBeing Queen (1956β1986)β to βChange, Celebration and Commemoration (1986β2022)β, detailing the extraordinary events in the Queen's life alongside her everyday duties as monarch.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781911682554
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 May 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pavilion
Illustration: (Colour and black and white photographs)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 199.0mm
Height: 241.0mm
Weight: 740g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Sarah Gristwood is a best-selling biographer, former film journalist, and commentator on royal affairs. She has appeared in most of the UK's leading newspapers and magazines. She wrote two bestselling Tudor biographies, Arbella: England's Lost Queen and Elizabeth and Leicester; and the eighteenth-century story Perdita: Royal Mistress, Writer, Romantic which was selected as Radio 4 Book of the Week. A regular media commentator on royal and historical affairs, Sarah was one of the team providing Radio 4's live coverage of the royal wedding. She is a Fellow of the RSA, and an Honorary Patron of Historic Royal Palaces. She is the author of The Story of Beatrix Potter and Game of Queens: The Women Who Made the 16th Century.
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