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100	1		_aLarman, Alexander, _d1981- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPower and glory : _bElizabeth II and the rebirth of royalty / _cAlexander Larman.
246	3		_aPower & glory
246	3	0	_aElizabeth II and the rebirth of royalty
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2024
300			_axxviii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-305) and index.
500			_a"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd"--Title page verso.
520			_a"Alexander Larman, the master chronicler of the House of Windsor, brings his acclaimed trilogy to a dramatic and poignant conclusion. When the Royal Family took to the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day in 1945, they knew that the happiness and excitement of the day was illusory. Britain may have been victorious in a painful war, but the peace would be no easier. Between the abdication crisis, the death of King George VI, and the ascension of young Elizabeth II to the throne, the continued existence of the monarchy seemed uncertain. And the presence of the former Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, conniving and sniping from the sidelines in an attempt to regain relevance, even down to writing a controversial and revelatory memoir, could only make matters worse. Still, the question of whether or not Elizabeth could succeed and make the monarchy something that once again inspired international pride and even love remained. In Power and Glory, Alexander Larman completes his acclaimed Windsor family trilogy, using rare and previously unseen documents to illuminate their unique family dynamic. Through his chronicling of events like the Royal Wedding, George VI's death and the discovery of the Duke of Windsor's treacherous activities in WWII, Larman paints a vivid portrait of the end of one sovereign's reign and the beginning of another's that heralded a new Elizabethan Age which would bring power and glory back to a monarchy desperately in need of it"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aPrologue: "My whole life shall be devoted to your service -- "The most terrible thing ever discovered" -- "I never saw a man so bored" -- "I believe she loves and will marry him" -- "This poor battered world" -- "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" -- "The old values have disappeared" -- "The loneliest man in the world" -- "Don't you recognise an old friend?" -- "I felt that I had lost something very precious" -- "The future is a gloomy one -- "An unkind stroke of fate" -- "Untold injury in every quarter" -- "In my faith and loyalty I never more will falter" -- "The incessant worries and crises" -- "It may be that this is the end" -- "And they lived happily ever after" -- "The hopes of the future -- "God save the Queen".
600	0	0	_aElizabeth _bII, _cQueen of Great Britain, _d1926-2022.
600	3	0	_aWindsor, House of. _945146
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xKings and rulers _xHistory. _9176054
650		0	_aMonarchy _zGreat Britain _xHistory. _949494
650		0	_aFamilies _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
650		0	_aMonarchy _xBiography.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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