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The Queen Elizabeth II and the monarchy

Pimlott, Ben more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Non Fiction
BIC Subjects: Biography & autobiography: royalty
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperPress
Publication Date: 10/07/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

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An updated edition of Ben Pimlott's classic biography of the Queen: 'There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.' PETER HENNESSY, Independent on Sunday The royal family have been through a tumultuous decade, but with the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton, Prince Philip's 90th birthday and the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee celebrations, there is renewed interest and appreciation of our monarchy. The Queen is an in-depth look at the woman at the centre of it all and is the only biography to take Elizabeth II seriously as the subject of historical biography, or to examine the influences that formed her and the ideas she represents.

"This book is a strikingly impressive achievement. Professor Pimlott has shown what wit, scholarship and a wide-ranging historical imagination can do with a subject that must initially have seemed unpromising. There will not be a better royal biography for many years." PHILIP ZIEGLER, Daily Telegraph "This is an important and stimulating book which even literary republicans can read with pleasure." ANTONIA FRASER, Guardian "Pimlott has succeeded triumphantly in his unlikely project. He has written a book which can be enjoyed and admired by people who would never have imagined reading any previous royal biography whose subject happens to be not a Prime Minister or Chancellor of the Exchequer, but Queen." JOHN CAMPBELL, Independent "Ben Pimlott has carried out an extraordinarily difficult task with great skill. Never is he obsequious or snide!he has told a sad story with authority and insight. Within this biography lurks a requiem of a monarchy teetering on the brink of irrelevance." CHRISTOPHER BEAUMAN, Ham and High

Title: The Queen
Subtitle: Elizabeth II and the monarchy
Contributors: By (author) Ben Pimlott

ISBN 13: 9780007476626
ISBN 10: 0007476620

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperPress
Publication Date: 10/07/2012
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
Edition:

BIC Subjects: Biography & autobiography: royalty
NBS Classification: Biography: Royalty
Dewey Classification: 941.085092 (DC23)

Format: Paperback
Pages: 816
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Weight: 620g