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Books > Biography > Royalty
A magnificent tribute to the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II,
and a celebration of the British royal family. This book is a
stunning visual guide to the world's most famous royals, from Queen
Elizabeth's Norman predecessors to her great-grandchildren. It
features events such as the Queens' coronation and the royal
wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and profiles on key
people such as Princess Diana and Prince Harry. This new edition is
revised to include the most recent events and milestones, such as
the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, the birth of Lilibet and other
new family members, the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, and her death on
8th September 2022. A special 16-page photographic essay is
dedicated to her funeral and the accession of King Charles III.
This book examines the Queen's life in detail from her childhood to
the end of her reign, but also goes back through more than 1,000
years of history to tell the story of the House of Windsor and the
entire succession of kings and queens of England and Scotland. With
dazzling galleries of royal artefacts and photographic tours of
sumptuous royal residences, this is the perfect book for fans of
the Queen and royal family or anyone interested in the history of
the British monarchy.
A personal account of the life and character of Britain's
longest-reigning monarch __________ This intimate, personal
biography of Queen Elizabeth II tells the story of her remarkable
life, reign and times, from a perspective unlike any other. Gyles
Brandreth writes the Queen's tale candidly with grace and
sensitivity from the view of someone who met her, talked with her
and kept a record of those conversations. Brandreth knew the
Queen's husband well and knows the new King and Queen Consort. Told
with authority, a refreshing dose of humour and moving honesty from
a totally unique viewpoint, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait is the
must-have biography of the longest-serving monarch in English
history, of a woman who represented not only her people but stood
as an emblem of fortitude and resilience worldwide throughout her
long life. Elizabeth II - what was she really like? What made her
the person she was? By GYLES BRANDRETH: 'The writer who got closest
to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals.' Libby
Purves, THE TIMES __________
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was executed on 19 May
1536. Her sister Mary, rumoured mistress to the monarch, lived on
and survived the king's wrath. But this is not the end of the tale
of the Boleyns and the British Royal family - their stories have
remained entwined for almost 500 years, through countless wars,
crises and triumphs. In this book, Amanda Harvey Purse delves into
the archives to tell the remarkable story of a number of
individuals who form part of the Boleyn bloodline, spanning the
worlds of the military, art and politics. Among those featured are
Robert Devereux, executed for treason after leading an army against
the government in the early seventeenth century; Lettice Knollys,
banished from the court of Elizabeth I after marrying the wrong
man; and Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, the grandmother of and godmother
to Elizabeth II, who married Claude Bowes-Lyon and played a
significant role in the convalescence of soldiers during the First
World War.
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