{"product_id":"elizabeth-ii-in-private-in-public-her-story","title":"Elizabeth II: In Private. in Public. Her Story.","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobert Hardman\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Making of a King: King Charles III\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eand the Modern Monarchy\u003c\/i\u003e; \n\u003ci\u003eQueen of Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \n\u003ci\u003eHer Majesty\u003c\/i\u003e; and \n\u003ci\u003eQueen of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, all available from Pegasus Books. He is a leading author, commentator, and filmmaker on royal life in Britain. Robert writes for the Daily Mail in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for Robert Hardman's \u003ci\u003eThe Making of a King\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An impressive account.\"-- \" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Robert Hardman's new biography takes us inside the first year of Charles's reign. A can't miss book for royal watchers.\"-- \" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"He did it with Elizabeth II and now he has done it again with Charles III. Robert Hardman is the unsurpassed grand master when it comes to the inside story of the modern monarchy. Full of surprises and glorious detail.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eAndrew Roberts, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNapoleon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A superb, fascinating account of the new King, his court and the first year of his reign, elegantly written, deeply researched, impeccably sourced and filled with scoops and new details by the most authoritative of royal historians writing today. This is the definitive book.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Romanovs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A stunning, intimate recapitulation of the king's first year. Readers are treated to a fast-paced inside view of royal life's intricacies. With Mr. Hardman's sources and experience--he interviewed the king several times when Charles turned 60 and produced a BBC documentary on the king's first year-- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Making of a King\u003c\/i\u003e is an up-close-and-personal look at a world most readers will never directly experience.\"-- \" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA celebration of the life of Queen Elizabeth II on the centenary of her birth, by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of a King\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eQueen of Our Times.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth II was not born to reign. Like that other great queen in modern history, Victoria, the throne came to her by indirect means. Yet she would become one of the most beloved monarchs in history, surpassing almost every entry in the royal record book. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a child, her idyllic life on the royal fringe was transformed first by the scandalous love life of her wayward uncle and then by war. Despite multiple attacks on the family home, she watched and learned from her father has he led his nation through much suffering to victory, falling in love along the way. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of just twenty-five--a young wife and mother of two--she suddenly found herself head of state of much of the Earth, with the greatest statesman of the age as her senior adviser. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer coronation was a moment of national rejuvenation, though swiftly followed by the first of many challenges and crises - personal, political, and global - which would test her over seven decades. The highs and lows of ordinary family life, for her, would be mercilessly scrutinised and magnified through the lens of the world's media. Unlike Shakespeare's monarchs, the dramatists would set to work in her own lifetime. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet she also managed to remain an endlessly fascinating mystery to the end, revered and mourned worldwide. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one has written more authoritatively on the life of Elizabeth II than Robert Hardman, the only biographer to have interviewed the entire Royal Family. On the centenary of her birth, amid all the commemorating and celebrating, it is time to bring the whole extraordinary story of her life to a new audience in a fresh, accessible, concise portrait--one which will enthrall those who have now come to realize that Elizabeth II was not merely the most famous woman in the world, captured on banknotes, coins, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Crown\u003c\/i\u003e. She was one of history's all-time greats, and this finely-written and original narrative reveals why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHardman, Robert\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobert Hardman\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Making of a King: King Charles III\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eand the Modern Monarchy\u003c\/i\u003e; \n\u003ci\u003eQueen of Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \n\u003ci\u003eHer Majesty\u003c\/i\u003e; and \n\u003ci\u003eQueen of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, all available from Pegasus Books. He is a leading author, commentator, and filmmaker on royal life in Britain. 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