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Virginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of her annexe; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her; Donald Trump offended her; E.M. Forster confessed he would have married her, if only she had been a boy.
Queen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived. When people spoke of her, they spoke of themselves. To the optimist, she seemed an optimist; to the pessimist, a pessimist; to the awestruck, charismatic; and to the cynical, humdrum. Though by nature reserved and unassuming, her presence could fill presidents and rock gods with terror. For close to a century, she inhabited the psyche of a nation.
Combining biography, essays, cultural history, dream diaries, travelogue and satire, the bestselling author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most public yet private of sovereigns.
'An enthralling reverie on memory, identity, coincidence and meaning' RORY STEWART
'Exquisitely funny and fascinating. This book is, dare I say, majestic' MARINA HYDE
Virginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of her annexe; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her; Donald Trump offended her; E.M. Forster confessed he would have married her, if only she had been a boy.
Queen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived. When people spoke of her, they spoke of themselves. To the optimist, she seemed an optimist; to the pessimist, a pessimist; to the awestruck, charismatic; and to the cynical, humdrum. Though by nature reserved and unassuming, her presence could fill presidents and rock gods with terror. For close to a century, she inhabited the psyche of a nation.
Combining biography, essays, cultural history, dream diaries, travelogue and satire, the bestselling author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most public yet private of sovereigns.
'An enthralling reverie on memory, identity, coincidence and meaning' RORY STEWART
'Exquisitely funny and fascinating. This book is, dare I say, majestic' MARINA HYDE
Craig Brown has been writing the parodic celebrity diary for Private Eye since 1989. He has written for a widevariety of publications, including the Daily Mail, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Spectator. His books include One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and Ma'am Darling, which won the James Tait Black award.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
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Fachbereich: | Zeitgeschichte & Politik |
Genre: | Geschichte |
Jahrhundert: | ab 1949 |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780008557508 |
ISBN-10: | 0008557500 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Brown, Craig |
Hersteller: |
Harper Collins Publ. UK
Fourth Estate |
Maße: | 232 x 151 x 41 mm |
Von/Mit: | Craig Brown |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.08.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,866 kg |
Craig Brown has been writing the parodic celebrity diary for Private Eye since 1989. He has written for a widevariety of publications, including the Daily Mail, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Spectator. His books include One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and Ma'am Darling, which won the James Tait Black award.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Zeitgeschichte & Politik |
Genre: | Geschichte |
Jahrhundert: | ab 1949 |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780008557508 |
ISBN-10: | 0008557500 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Brown, Craig |
Hersteller: |
Harper Collins Publ. UK
Fourth Estate |
Maße: | 232 x 151 x 41 mm |
Von/Mit: | Craig Brown |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.08.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,866 kg |