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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | Elizabeth, Queen consort of George VI King of Great Britain; Elizabeth, Queen consort of George VI King of Great Britain; Königin Elisabeth (Großbritannien |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Hugo Vickers |
ISBN: | 9780099476627 0099476622 |
OCLC Number: | 63395597 |
Notes: | Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 2005. Ill. on inside covers. |
Description: | xxxi, 624 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 20 cm |
Responsibility: | Hugo Vickers. |
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"A bulging plum pudding of insider snippets in the Cecil Beaton tradition, with camp and catty asides laced with worldly wisdom... Vickers has done serious research in some important areas" -- Robert Lacey * Sunday Times * "This is the first full-length biography - and who better to write it than Hugo Vickers... He is at home in the courtier's world and the circles which the Queen Mother inhabited... A very considerable achievement" -- Sarah Bradford * Spectator * "A major new biography... Filled with telling anecdotes, it paints an affectionate yet revealing portrait" * Daily Mail * "There is a small handful of British royal biographies which have acquired classic status... To this number must certainly be added Hugo Vickers's life of Elizabeth the Queen Mother. It is a truly magnificent book... Written with true authority. Hugo Vickers knows his subject through and through... A monumental record of why we all found the Queen Mother such a loveable and inspiring person, and why her pluck and her humour appealed to so wide a public" -- A.N. Wilson * Country Life * "Witty and respectful ... An overall portrait which may well be as close as anyone will ever get to the truth" -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday * Read more...

