The Queen

The Queen
Matthew Dennison
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 560pg
6 Jan 2022 UK
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9781788545921
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The magisterial life of the woman whose family' s personal intrigues, romances and political rivalries have shaped much of post-war British history. Monarchy in Britain is a mindset - sociological and emotional - seldom scrutinised save by diehard supporters or detractors. Matthew Dennison' s new biography of Elizabeth II offers to evaluate a magisterial reign now spanning seven decades and the Queen' s record as practitioner of monarchy. The person of the monarch is the closest an ethnically and culturally diverse society comes to a visible representative of past, present and future, although population changes since 1945 have made it impossible for Elizabeth II convincingly to embody the wide-ranging outlooks and aspirations of a muddled demographic. Instead she is understood as the champion of a handful of ' British' values endorsed - if no longer practised - by the bulk of the nation: service, duty, steadfastness, charity, stoicism: a visible definition of an aspect of ' Britishness' .
PRAISE FOR THE LAST PRINCESS: ' An engrossing tale of a mother and daughter who were also a queen and her subject' Good Book Guide. ' Emotionally sympathetic and beautifully written, its detail meticulous . . . A confident and disarmingly impressive debut' Daily Telegraph. ' Readable and empathetic biography' Independent.
Matthew Dennison is the author of three critically acclaimed works of non-fiction: ' The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria' ' s Youngest Daughter' , written with the full assistance of the Royal Archives and published in nine UK editions to date, ' Empress of Rome: The Life of Livia' , and ' The Twelve Caesars' . Described in The Independent as ' ' one of those rare marvels, a historical biographer whose work has reached the bestseller lists' ' , he is also a regular contributor toCountry Life, Telegraph Magazine, The Times and Majesty.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781788545921
Published: 6 Jan 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Apollo
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 560

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