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Young Elizabeth : the making of the Queen / Kate Wililams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2015Edition: First Pegasus books hardcover editionDescription: 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781605988917
  • 160598891X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Prologue: Abdication Day -- 'A lucky fellow if she accepts you' -- 'Such a nice name' -- 'All the equipment a lady needs' -- 'Queen, Empress of India, the whole bag of tricks' -- 'Great changes' -- 'Who is this Hitler?' -- 'Do let me see what is happening' -- 'After all, she is only nineteen' -- 'A flash of colour' -- 'An obedient sitter' -- 'Came down a Queen' -- Regina.
Summary: "A lively and poignant biography of the young princess who, at the impressionable age of eleven, found that she was now heiress to the throne"--
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Elizabet II W724 Available 33111008352110
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

We can hardly imagine a Britain without Elizabeth II on the throne. It seems to be the job she was born for. And yet for much of her early life the young princess did not know the role that her future would hold. She was our accidental Queen.Elizabeth's determination to share in the struggles of her people marked her out from a young age. Her father initially refused to let her volunteer as a nurse during the Blitz, but relented when she was 18 and allowed her to work as a mechanic and truck driver for the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. It was her forward-thinking approach that ensured that her coronation was televised, against the advice of politicians at the time. Kate Williams reveals how the 25-year-old young queen carved out a lasting role for herself amid the changes of the 20th century. Her monarchy would be a very different one to that of her parents and grandparents, and its continuing popularity in the 21st century owes much to the intelligence and elusive personality of this remarkable woman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index.

Prologue: Abdication Day -- 'A lucky fellow if she accepts you' -- 'Such a nice name' -- 'All the equipment a lady needs' -- 'Queen, Empress of India, the whole bag of tricks' -- 'Great changes' -- 'Who is this Hitler?' -- 'Do let me see what is happening' -- 'After all, she is only nineteen' -- 'A flash of colour' -- 'An obedient sitter' -- 'Came down a Queen' -- Regina.

"A lively and poignant biography of the young princess who, at the impressionable age of eleven, found that she was now heiress to the throne"--

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