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The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles--and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century.Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon--the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore's ten children--was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined that her long life (she died in 2002) would come to reflect a changing nation over the ourse of an entire century. Now, William Shawcross--given unrestricted access to the Queen Mother's personal papers, letters, and diaries--gives us a portrait of unprecedented vividness and detail. Here is the girl who helped convalescing soldiers during the First World War . . . the young Duchess of York helping her reluctant husband assume the throne when his brother abdicated . . . the Queen refusing to take refuge from the bombing of London, risking her own life to instill courage and hope in others who were living through the Blitz . . . the dowager Queen--the last Edwardian, the charming survivor of a long-lost era--representing her nation at home and abroad . . . the matriarch of the Royal Family and "the nation's best-loved grandmother."A revelatory royal biography that is, as well, a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century.From the Hardcover edition.
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Biography, Queens, Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Elizabeth, -- Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, -- 1900-2002, Powers and duties, Monarchy, History, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2009-11-15, New York Times bestseller, Elizabeth, queen, consort of george vi, 1900-2002, Queens, great britain, Great britain, biographyPlaces
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"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 965-1056) and index.
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