Monarch

The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II

By: Robert Comp Lacey

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Paperback | 13 May 2003

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496 Pages

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"An exemplary book." -Martin Amis, The New Yorker

"In Monarch, Robert Lacey makes you feel like you're right there-in the palace, in the castle...I was absolutely riveted." -Dominick Dunne

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor-who became Elizabeth II, Queen of England on February 6, 1952-has been loved and loathed, revered and feared, applauded and criticized by her people. Still she remained a captivating figure in the British monarchy for over seventy years.

In Monarch, a meticulously detailed portrait of Elizabeth II as both a human being and an institution, bestselling author Robert Lacey brings the queen to life as never before: as baby "Lilibet" learning to wave to a crowd in the Royal Mews; as a child "ardently praying for a brother" so as to avoid her fate; as a young woman falling in love with and marrying her cousin Philip; and as the mother-in-law of the most complicated royal of all, Princess Diana.

Featuring dozens of photographs, a family tree of the Hanoverian-Windsor-Mountbatten families, and a map that charts the location of royal castles-Monarch is an engaging, critical, and celebratory account of Elizabeth's reign that no reader of popular history should be without.

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Houston Chronicle A definitive study. Dominick Dunne In Monarch, Robert Lacey makes you feel like you're right there -- in the palace, in the castle....I was absolutely riveted. Newsweek Robert Lacey [is] peerless...because he better than anyone sees the modern English monarchy for what it is. Martin Amis The New Yorker An exemplary book.

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