Queen of our times : the life of Elizabeth II / Robert Hardman.
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TextPublisher: London : Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: x, 694 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), genealogical table, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781529063424; 1529063426Subject(s): Elizabeth, II, Queen of Great Britain 1926- | Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography | Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952- | Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- BiographyGenre/Form: Biographies. DDC classification: 941.085092 Summary: The definitive new biography of Her Majesty The Queen by one of Britain's leading royal authorities. With original insights from those who know her best, new interviews with world leaders and access to unseen papers, bestselling author Robert Hardman explores the full, astonishing life of our longest reigning monarch in this compellingly authoritative yet intimate biography. Elizabeth II was not born to be queen. Yet from her accession as a young mother of two in 1952 to the age of Covid-19, she has proved an astute and quietly determined figure, leading her family and her people through more than seventy years of unprecedented social change. She has faced constitutional crises, confronted threats against her life, rescued the Commonwealth, seen her prime ministers come and go, charmed world leaders, been criticised as well as feted by the media, and steered her family through a lifetime in the public eye.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The definitive new biography of Her Majesty The Queen by one of Britain's leading royal authorities. With original insights from those who know her best, new interviews with world leaders and access to unseen papers, bestselling author Robert Hardman explores the full, astonishing life of our longest reigning monarch in this compellingly authoritative yet intimate biography. Elizabeth II was not born to be queen. Yet from her accession as a young mother of two in 1952 to the age of Covid-19, she has proved an astute and quietly determined figure, leading her family and her people through more than seventy years of unprecedented social change. She has faced constitutional crises, confronted threats against her life, rescued the Commonwealth, seen her prime ministers come and go, charmed world leaders, been criticised as well as feted by the media, and steered her family through a lifetime in the public eye.
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