Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth IISimon and Schuster, 2008 M06 24 - 496 páginas "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. |
Contenido
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MODEL FAMILY | 71 |
QUEEN | 173 |
Ersatz Religion | 200 |
New Family | 210 |
Swinging Sixties | 218 |
Money Matters | 234 |
An annus horribilis | 326 |
Safety Zone | 339 |
Bridge Procedures | 356 |
Clapping in the Abbey | 374 |
Bagshot for Eddie | 385 |
September Again | 401 |
Golden Jubilee | 408 |
Family Tree | 410 |
Silver Jubilee | 247 |
QUEEN OF PEOPLES HEARTS 21 Great White Queen | 255 |
Wild Oats | 263 |
Whateverin lovemeans | 276 |
Permission to Kiss | 286 |
Elizabeth Regina | 301 |
Royal KnockOut | 310 |
Acknowledgements | 413 |
Notes | 419 |
Sources and Select Bibliography | 444 |
Illustration Credits | 454 |
Index | 456 |
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Página 135 - I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.' And he replied, 'Go out into the darkness, and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light, and safer than a known way.
Página 42 - The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart; Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart: Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget!
Página 250 - SEXUAL intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (Which was rather late for me) — Between the end of the Chatterley ban And the Beatles
Página 214 - Townsend. I have been aware that subject to my renouncing my rights of succession, it might have been possible for me to contract a civil marriage. But mindful of the Church's teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these...
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Página 266 - English royalty as it now is. Above all things our royalty is to be reverenced, and if you begin to poke about it you cannot reverence it. When there is a select committee on the Queen, the charm of royalty will be gone. Its mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic.
Página 110 - I leapt out of bed and so did Bobo. We put on dressing-gowns and shoes and Bobo made me put on an eiderdown as it was so cold and we crouched in the window looking on to a cold, misty morning. There were already some people in the stands and all the time people were coming to them in a stream with occasional pauses in between. Every now and then we were hopping in and out of bed looking at the bands and the soldiers.
Página 194 - Family, have determined that henceforth Our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor...
Página 90 - I can only say to you, my very very dear people, that the Queen and I thank you from the depths of. our hearts for all the loyalty — and may I say so? — the love, with which this day and always you have surrounded us.
Página 100 - Stanley Baldwin was feeling exhausted. He asked for a whisky-and-soda. The bell was rung: the footman came: the drink was produced. SB raised his glass and said (rather foolishly to my mind), 'Well, Sir, whatever happens, my Mrs and I wish you happiness from the depths of our souls.