{"product_id":"queens-and-kings-an-unusually-personal-history","title":"Queens and Kings: An Unusually Personal History","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\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for Lucy Worsley's \u003ci\u003eAgatha Christie: An Elusive Woman\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Agatha Christie was a modernist, an iconoclast, and a groundbreaker, according to this excellent biography from historian Worsley. Worsley offers close readings of Christie's work and presents a careful reframe of the novelist's famous 1926 disappearance. Drawing on personal letters and modern criticism, Worsley manages to make her subject feel fresh and new. This is a must-read for Christie fans.\"-- \" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLucy Worsley\u003c\/b\u003e, OBE, is the author of the bestselling \n\u003ci\u003eAgatha Christie: An Elusive Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. She is chief curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces and regularly presents history documentaries for the BBC. Her critically acclaimed books include \n\u003ci\u003e Queen Victoria\u003c\/i\u003e; \n\u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eane Austen at Home\u003c\/i\u003e; \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of the English Murder\u003c\/i\u003e; and \n\u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ef\u003c\/i\u003e Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2019, her BBC One program \n\u003ci\u003eSuffragettes with Lucy Worsley\u003c\/i\u003e won a BAFTA. She lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie is as unputdownable as any of the novels by the Queen of Crime herself. Gripping, revealing, and ultimately extremely moving, \n\u003ci\u003eAgatha Christie\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful tribute to one of the best-loved writers of the twentieth century.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eAmanda Foreman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\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\"In the best biography of Agatha Christie ever written, Lucy Worsley gets to the soul--the complex, troubled, but big soul--of our greatest whodunnit writer with laser-like precision. There will not now need to be another biography of the queen of the detective story written for decades.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eAndrew Roberts, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChurchill: Walking with Destiny\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\"Worsley comes up with another winner in this sprightly, endearing biography. Agatha Christie was elusive, Worsley argues, because she 'deliberately played upon the fact that she seemed so ordinary.' While building a devoted audience, she was also breaking new ground. With great affection, Worsley masterfully maneuvers her way through Christie's life and prolific oeuvre.\"-- \" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\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\"This is a warm, intelligent book that does justice both to Agatha Christie's character and to her distinctive genius as a writer of plays and novels. Someone once said that the greatest character Agatha Christie ever invented was Agatha Christie herself. If that's true, she was waiting for the perfect biographer to bring her back to life, and she has found her in Dr. Lucy Worsley.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eA. N. Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Charles Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGeothe: His Faustian Life\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\"Lucy Worsley brings Agatha Christie back to life, revealing a strong, pioneering, highly intelligent woman whose detective novels rank among the best ever written. Reading Worsley is as enjoyable as reading Christie herself.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eRuth Scurr, author of \u003ci\u003eA Life Told in Gardens and Shadows\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\"Presenting Christie as living a 'modern life, ' firmly in and 'of her time' is Dr. Worsley's key aim: neither nostalgic nor part of the heritage industry. She succeeds brilliantly, for the Agatha Chirstie (woman and author) that emerges from this astute and, at times, justifiably compassionate book is anything but cosy.\"-- \" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eQueens \u0026amp; Kings \u003c\/i\u003eis history with a uniquely personal touch. Warm, insightful, and full of heart, Worsley has distilled a lifetime of personal experience into this crowning achievement of a book. Prepare yourself for a personal tour of the palace rooms with Britain's favorite historian.\" --\u003cb\u003eHallie Rubenhold, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This dazzling book is full of brilliant detail, behind-the-scenes wit and humor, and a great tenderness for her subjects. All seen through the lens of Lucy Worsley's career working as Chief Curator at Hampton Court, her scholarship, passion for her subject and deep knowledge is lightly worn, this is history writing at its best.\" --\u003cb\u003eKate Mosse, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA colorful journey through some of the most significant moments in British history, as seen through Lucy Worsley's life and adventures as Chief Curator for Historic Royal Palaces.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one has lived and breathed the monarchy quite like Lucy Worsley. For over twenty years, she worked as Chief Curator in some of Britain's most splendid palaces--and now she is ready to throw open the doors and welcome us in. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \n\u003ci\u003eQueens and Kings\u003c\/i\u003e, Lucy takes us on a journey through some of our most turbulent and significant moments in history. From the Council Chamber in which Henry VIII decided to break from the pope to lunch with the late Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, from encounters with the Tower of London's Ravenmaster to the depths of Queen Victoria's wardrobe, Lucy shares how she grew to know the queens and kings, courtiers and servants who lived in these buildings over the centuries. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She traces their footsteps through the corridors and cloisters, the courtyards and kitchens and breathes new life into moments of great joy and consequence' as well as tales of intrigue which lurked in the shadows of regal splendor. Packed with new stories told from unexplored places, this is a fresh history of the monarchy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eWorsley, Lucy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLucy Worsley\u003c\/b\u003e, OBE, is the author of the bestselling \n\u003ci\u003eAgatha Christie: An Elusive Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. She is chief curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces and regularly presents history documentaries for the BBC. Her critically acclaimed books include \n\u003ci\u003e Queen Victoria\u003c\/i\u003e; \n\u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eane Austen at Home\u003c\/i\u003e; \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of the English Murder\u003c\/i\u003e; and \n\u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ef\u003c\/i\u003e Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2019, her BBC One program \n\u003ci\u003eSuffragettes with Lucy Worsley\u003c\/i\u003e won a BAFTA. 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