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Elizabeth the Queen : the life of a modern monarch / Sally Bedell Smith

Author
Smith, Sally Bedell, 1948-
Published
New York : Random House, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
xxii, 663 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

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Contents
A royal education -- Love match -- Destiny calls -- "Ready, girls?" -- Affairs of state -- Made for television -- New beginnings -- Refuge in routines -- Daylight on the Magic -- Ring of silence -- "Not bloody likely!" -- Feeling the love -- Iron Lady and English Rose -- A very special relationship -- Family fractures -- Annus horribilis -- Tragedy and tradition -- Love and grief -- Moving pictures -- A soldier at heart -- Long live the Queen.
Summary
Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who has led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last sixty years with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace.
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ISBN
9781400067893
1400067898
9780679643937 (ebook)
0679643931 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [627]-635) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2011.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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