Counting One's Blessings

Author: William Shawcross
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466827742
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1509

Book Description
William Shawcross's official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published in September 2009, was a huge critical and commercial success.One of the great revelations of the book was Queen Elizabeth's insightful, witty private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as "wonderful . . . brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness." Now, in Counting One's Blessings, Shawcross has put together a selection of her letters, drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives and at Glamis Castle. Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent, from her early childhood before World War I to the very end of her long life at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the real person behind the public face.

Queen Elizabeth

Author: William Shawcross
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781405048590
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1168

Book Description
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August, 1900. Few could have imagined the profound effect she would have on Britain and its people. This official biography tells not only her story but, through it, that of the country she loved so devotedly.

The Queen Mother

Author: Lady Colin Campbell
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125001896X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 823

Book Description
Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Times bestselling author who first revealed the truth about Princess Diana Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has been called the "most successful queen since Cleopatra." Her personality was so captivating that even her arch-enemy Wallis Simpson wrote about "her legendary charm." Portrayed as a selfless partner to the King in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech, The Queen Mother is most often remembered from her later years as the smiling granny with the pastel hats. When she died in 2002, just short of her 102nd birthday, she was praised for a long life well lived. But there was another side to her story. For the first time, Lady Colin Campbell shows us that the untold life of the Queen Mother is far more fascinating and moving than the official version that has been peddled ever since she became royal in 1923. With unparalleled sources--including members of the Royal Family, aristocrats, and friends and relatives of Elizabeth herself—this mesmerizing account takes us inside the real and sometimes astonishing world of the royal family.

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900-2002

Author: Arthur Bousfield
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770701184
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 presents the life of a remarkable woman. A Canadian perspective on a sovereign who created and cultivated a special relationship with Canada, it is the portrait of a queen who always evoked passionate reactions. Whether it was the anonymous soldier who vowed "to fight for that little lady," Adolf Hitler who described her as "the most dangerous woman in Europe," or the Canadian journalist who coined the expression "the Queen Mum," the Queen Mother seldom left people unmoved. Opening with the royal tour of 1939, during which Canadians first felt her personal magnetism, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 describes Elizabeth’s background and development, relating how she made a marriage that brought her to the centre stage of public life. It traces her tender support of her shy husband, a reluctant king, shows how she began her Commonwealth role, and recalls her shock at the sudden and unexpected call to wear the Crown. Faced with the never-ending duties of a queen, Elizabeth proved capable of providing inspired leadership for a society faced with the stark prospect of destruction in a war to save the world. On the premature death of her beloved husband she became Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, a role that has shaped nearly half her life, and one in which Canada has always played an important part. The authors analyze Her Majesty’s successes and failures, both public and private, against the background of a century of violent disruption, material achievement, and incredible change.

Do Let's Have Another Drink!

Author: Gareth Russell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668006936
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, a deliciously entertaining collection of 101 fascinating and funny anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother—one for each year of her life. During her lifetime, the Queen Mother was as famous for her clever quips, pointed observations, and dry-as-a-martini delivery style as she was for being a beloved royal. Now, Do Let’s Have Another Drink recounts 101 (one for each year of her remarkable life) amusing and astonishing vignettes from across her long life, including her coming of age during World War I, the abdication of her brother-in-law and her unexpected ascendance to the throne, and her half century of widowhood as her daughter reigned over the United Kingdom. Featuring new revelations and colorful anecdotes about the woman Cecil Beaton, the high society photographer, once summarized as “a marshmallow made on a welding machine,” Do Let’s Have Another Drink is a delightful celebration of one of the most consistently popular members of the royal family.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Author: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher: Macmillan Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780333906439
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
This handsome tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother comes with the backing of Britain's best-selling newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. Stunning photographs celebrate the Queen Mother's life through a century of dynamic change while in the text, Hugh Massingberd perceptively contrasts the rosy cliched image of "the Queen Mum" with the reality of the much sharper and more sophisticated Queen Elizabeth. Through a series of deft and witty captions accompanying the splendid photographs, the story of Her Majesty's private and public life unfolds in a unique memorial to Britain's best-loved royal.

The Little Princesses

Author: Marion Crawford
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312312156
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
An account of the childhoods and early adulthoods of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, as told by one of their primary caregivers, offers insight into early twentieth-century British royal life.

The Queen Mother Herself

Author: Helen Cathcart
Publisher: W H Allen
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Author: Hugo Vickers
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099476622
Category : Queens
Languages : en
Pages : 700

Book Description
An authoritative and affectionate biography of the Queen Mother by a highly respected Royal biographer.

Elizabeth

Author: Graham Turner
Publisher: MacMillan
ISBN: 9781405000307
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
The incisive, fresh and intimate portrait of the Queen by royal insider Graham Turner.Only those lucky enough to be given access to the famously discreet people around the Queenfamily, friends and courtiershave any chance of understanding her real nature. Graham Turner, one of the Daily Telegraphs leading feature writers, has had access to the Royal Family and their inner circle for almost a decade, giving him some revealing insights into this extraordinary lady. He takes us behind the scenes to describe the sometimes raw reality of her relationship with Prince Philip and Prince Charles and the influence of the Queen Mother. He analyzes how she deals with her own children and asks how good a mother has she been, juggling family and work. He gives us rare glimpses behind the formality, showing the Queen on holiday at Sandringham and Balmoralwhere she might serve dinner and clear the table! As featured in the Daily Telegraph and published to coincide with the Queens Golden Jubilee, this is a handsomely illustrated, intimate and surprising portrait of the monarch. The Queen as head of state is a familiar figure to us allbut for the first time Graham Turner shows us the flesh-and-blood woman.