Counting One's Blessings: Unabridged Edition - The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Informationen zum Autor William Shawcross became a writer after leaving University College, Oxford in 1968. He was in Czechoslovakia during the Soviet occupation; this inspired his first book, a biography of Alexander Dubcek, the Czechoslovak leader, which was published in 1970. In 1995 he wrote the BBC Television series Monarchy . In 2002 his BBC Television series and book, Queen and Country celebrated the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and examined the changing face of Britain during her reign. He lives in England. Klappentext One of the revelations of William Shawcross's official biography of the Queen Mother was her private correspondence. Indeed the Sunday Times described her letters as 'wonderful ... brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness.' Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent from her earliest childhood and her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the person behind the public face. They reveal - in her own words - the little girl writing to her family; the young woman who, eventually, accepted Prince Albert's proposal; the Duchess of York, embracing the public role demanded of her, on royal tours both at home and abroad. They reveal, too, her shock when she and her husband realized that he would become King, the dreadful toll exacted by the Second World War, culminating in the King's tragically early death, and her determination to find a role for herself during her long widowhood. Full of wit, acute observation and a deeply held sense of duty, Queen Elizabeth's letters offer a chronicle not only of her long life, but of the twentieth century.The Queen Mother's witty, entertaining and insightful correspondence, published together for the first time. Zusammenfassung The Queen Mother's witty, entertaining and insightful correspondence, published together for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: William Shawcross, Shawcross William
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9780330535779
• ISBN: 978-0-330-53577-9
• No. of pages: 688
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 45 mm
• Subjects: Guides; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, European History, Diaries, letters & journals, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Diaries, letters and journals, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Regional, state and other local government