Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II

ISBN: 0743236696

Author: Lacey, Robert

Condition: New

"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 DunneElizabeth 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.