Counting One`s Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Shawcross William

Автор: Shawcross William
Название: Counting One`s Blessings
ISBN: 0230754961 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230754966
Издательство: Pan Macmillan
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Описание: One of the great revelations of William Shawcross's official biography was the Queen Mother's private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as `wonderful ... brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness.' Now, drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives, at Glamis Castle, and elsewhere, Shawcross has put together a selection of those letters.

A prolific correspondent from her earliest childhood to the very end of her life, her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the person behind the public face. Full of wit, hilarity, acute observation and a deeply held sense of duty, Queen Elizabeth's letters constitute a chronicle both of her long life and of the twentieth century.

Автор: Shawcross William
Название: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
ISBN: 0330434306 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780330434300
Издательство: Pan Macmillan
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Описание: The Official Biography of the Queen Mother. Drawing on her private correspondence and other unpublished material from the Royal Archives, William Shawcross vividly reveals the witty girl who endeared herself to soldiers convalescing at Glamis in the First World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 widowhood. It is the definitive portrait of a remarkable woman.