Queen P, The: A Biography of Elizabeth II Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Queen P, The: A Biography of Elizabeth II Book

Elizabeth II has quietly become one of the longest-reigning monarchs in English history. Future historians will sort out her impact on British life and politics, but until then Ben Pimlott offers a good summation of her first seven decades. He succeeds in making the monarch seem like a living, breathing person, as opposed to the emotionless figure that she is sometimes made out to be in the media. And her long-lasting public life is much more eventful and interesting than it might seem at first glance. Intrusions into royal privacy, for example, are hardly an invention of the paparazzi. In addition to an interesting biography, The Queen provides a useful introduction to British politics in the second half of the 20th century.Read More

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    "One of the many merits of Ben Pimlott's superbly judicious biography of Elizabeth II is that it understands this connection between monarchy and masses, and carefully evokes its political importance." —The New York Times Book Review

    "A level-headed study . . . helps us appreciate the capacities as well as the limitations of a woman who, whatever else happens, just keeps on going on." —People

    "There will be no better biography of Elizabeth II as a figure of state until her official one appears—and perhaps not even then. . . . Pimlott has succeeded triumphantly. He has written a book that can be enjoyed and admired by people who would never have imagined reading any previous royal biography." —The Independent (London)

    "An important and stimulating book." —Antonia Fraser, author of Mary, Queen of Scots in The Guardian (London)

    "The best all-around study of the Queen so far, showing understanding as well as amused irony." —The Sunday Telegraph (London)

    "There will not be a better royal biography for many years." —The Daily Telegraph (London)

  • 0471283304
  • 9780471283300
  • Ben Pimlott
  • 4 October 1998
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 672
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