Robert Lacey

The Queen (eBook, ePUB)

A Life in Brief

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With "a level of intimacy and more than a few emotional peaks," a biography of Queen Elizabeth, from the New York Timesbestselling author of The Kingdom ( Publishers Weekly). Elizabeth of York was not born to be Queen. She came into the world on April21st, 1926, the equivalent of the modern Princess Beatrice, first-born daughter of the Duke of York, destined to flutter on the royal fringe. So while Lilibet was brought up with almost religious respect for the crown, there seemed no chance of her inheriting it. Her head was never turned by the personal prospect of grandeur-which is why she would prove so very good at her job. Elizabeth II's lack of ego was the paradoxical secret of her greatness. For more than thirty years acclaimed author and royal biographer Robert Lacey has been gathering material from members of the Queen's inner circle-her friends, relatives, private secretaries, and prime ministers. Now, in The Queen, Lacey offers a life of the celebrated monarch, told in four parts that capture the distinctive flavor of passing eras, and reveal how Elizabeth II adapted-or, on occasions, regally declined to adapt-to changing times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper Perennial
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062124487
• Artikelnr.: 38007629

Autorenporträt

Robert Lacey is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books, including The Queen; Ford: The Men and the Machine; The Year 1000; and Inside the Kingdom. He lives in London.