The Queen Mother And Her Century
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Author | : Arthur Bousfield |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2000-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1550023497 |
To honour the Queen Mother and mark the occasion of her 100th birthday, Dundurn Press is publishing a biography of this remarkable woman in words and pictures. Since her marriage to George VI, the Queen Mother has been a public figure who has always evoked passionate reactions: whether it was the anonymous soldier who vowed "to fight for that little lady," Adolf Hitler who described her as "the most dangerous woman in Europe," or the Canadian journalist who coined the expression "the Queen Mum." A Canadian perspective on a sovereign who created and cultivated a special relationship with Canada informs The Queen Mother and Her Century. The first of many tours of Canada, the Royal Tour of 1939, which gave Canadians our initial opportunity to experience the Queen Motherâe(tm)s personal magnetism first-hand, is described in detail, along with the many Canadian relationships the Queen Mother has formed since. The Queen Mother and Her Century is a wonderful album-sized (81/2âe x 11âe ) commemorative keepsake and makes a thoughtful gift for the many admirers of the Queen Mother. The text and 120 colour photographs are complemented by time bars, lists of the Queen Motherâe(tm)s official tours, associations the Queen Mother is patron of, places that are named after the Queen Mother, and the Royal Family tree.
Author | : Robert Lacey |
Publisher | : Little Brown |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780316511544 |
Photographs and classic newspaper front pages trace the life of the Queen Mother in context with the great events of the century
Author | : Arthur Bousfield |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2002-04-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1770701184 |
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 presents the life of a remarkable woman. A Canadian perspective on a sovereign who created and cultivated a special relationship with Canada, it is the portrait of a queen who always evoked passionate reactions. Whether it was the anonymous soldier who vowed "to fight for that little lady," Adolf Hitler who described her as "the most dangerous woman in Europe," or the Canadian journalist who coined the expression "the Queen Mum," the Queen Mother seldom left people unmoved. Opening with the royal tour of 1939, during which Canadians first felt her personal magnetism, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 describes Elizabeth’s background and development, relating how she made a marriage that brought her to the centre stage of public life. It traces her tender support of her shy husband, a reluctant king, shows how she began her Commonwealth role, and recalls her shock at the sudden and unexpected call to wear the Crown. Faced with the never-ending duties of a queen, Elizabeth proved capable of providing inspired leadership for a society faced with the stark prospect of destruction in a war to save the world. On the premature death of her beloved husband she became Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, a role that has shaped nearly half her life, and one in which Canada has always played an important part. The authors analyze Her Majesty’s successes and failures, both public and private, against the background of a century of violent disruption, material achievement, and incredible change.
Author | : William Shawcross |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 1509 |
Release | : 2012-11-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1466827742 |
William Shawcross's official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published in September 2009, was a huge critical and commercial success.One of the great revelations of the book was Queen Elizabeth's insightful, witty private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as "wonderful . . . brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness." Now, in Counting One's Blessings, Shawcross has put together a selection of her letters, drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives and at Glamis Castle. Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent, from her early childhood before World War I to the very end of her long life at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the real person behind the public face.
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Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Queens |
ISBN | : 9781554880034 |
Author | : William Shawcross |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 1168 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781405048590 |
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August, 1900. Few could have imagined the profound effect she would have on Britain and its people. This official biography tells not only her story but, through it, that of the country she loved so devotedly.
Author | : DK Publishing |
Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780789458445 |
In honor of the Queen Mother's one hundreth birthday, this illustrated chronology documents the story of her life with newspaper-style articles and captions to recount all the major events in the lives of the royal family over the past one hundred years.
Author | : Hugo Vickers |
Publisher | : Hutchinson Radius |
Total Pages | : 742 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Hugo Vickers investigates the character of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in what is likely to be the most personal and authoritative account of her life ever published. This is the first major study of the Queen Mother to be published since her death.
Author | : Hugh Massingbred |
Publisher | : Macmillan Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780333759806 |
Through a series of deft and witty captions accompanying the splendid photos, the story of Her Majesty's private and public life unfolds into an original, memorable and exquisitely-produced portrait of the 20th century's most charming survivor.
Author | : Richard Wood |
Publisher | : Raintree |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780817257156 |
Chronicles the life of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, from her birth in London in 1900 to her marriage in 1923 to Prince Albert, who was to become King George VI, to her hundredth birthday.