Counting One's Blessings

Counting One's Blessings

Author: William Shawcross

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 1509

ISBN-13: 1466827742

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William Shawcross's official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published in September 2009, was a huge critical and commercial success.One of the great revelations of the book was Queen Elizabeth's insightful, witty private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as "wonderful . . . brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness." Now, in Counting One's Blessings, Shawcross has put together a selection of her letters, drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives and at Glamis Castle. Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent, from her early childhood before World War I to the very end of her long life at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the real person behind the public face.


Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth

Author: William Shawcross

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 1168

ISBN-13: 9781405048590

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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August, 1900. Few could have imagined the profound effect she would have on Britain and its people. This official biography tells not only her story but, through it, that of the country she loved so devotedly.


The Queen Mother

The Queen Mother

Author: Lady Colin Campbell

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2012-04-24

Total Pages: 823

ISBN-13: 125001896X

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Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Times bestselling author who first revealed the truth about Princess Diana Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has been called the "most successful queen since Cleopatra." Her personality was so captivating that even her arch-enemy Wallis Simpson wrote about "her legendary charm." Portrayed as a selfless partner to the King in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech, The Queen Mother is most often remembered from her later years as the smiling granny with the pastel hats. When she died in 2002, just short of her 102nd birthday, she was praised for a long life well lived. But there was another side to her story. For the first time, Lady Colin Campbell shows us that the untold life of the Queen Mother is far more fascinating and moving than the official version that has been peddled ever since she became royal in 1923. With unparalleled sources--including members of the Royal Family, aristocrats, and friends and relatives of Elizabeth herself—this mesmerizing account takes us inside the real and sometimes astonishing world of the royal family.


The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Author: Lady Colin Campbell

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780956803818

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She reveals the truth behind: the mystery of her birth; her intra-family relationships; how she set about getting married; her relationship with her eldest brother-in-law prior to her marriage and afterwards, when he was Prince of Wales, Edward VIII,


Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900-2002

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900-2002

Author: Arthur Bousfield

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2002-04-01

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1770701184

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Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 presents the life of a remarkable woman. A Canadian perspective on a sovereign who created and cultivated a special relationship with Canada, it is the portrait of a queen who always evoked passionate reactions. Whether it was the anonymous soldier who vowed "to fight for that little lady," Adolf Hitler who described her as "the most dangerous woman in Europe," or the Canadian journalist who coined the expression "the Queen Mum," the Queen Mother seldom left people unmoved. Opening with the royal tour of 1939, during which Canadians first felt her personal magnetism, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 describes Elizabeth’s background and development, relating how she made a marriage that brought her to the centre stage of public life. It traces her tender support of her shy husband, a reluctant king, shows how she began her Commonwealth role, and recalls her shock at the sudden and unexpected call to wear the Crown. Faced with the never-ending duties of a queen, Elizabeth proved capable of providing inspired leadership for a society faced with the stark prospect of destruction in a war to save the world. On the premature death of her beloved husband she became Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, a role that has shaped nearly half her life, and one in which Canada has always played an important part. The authors analyze Her Majesty’s successes and failures, both public and private, against the background of a century of violent disruption, material achievement, and incredible change.


The Queen Mother

The Queen Mother

Author: Richard Wood

Publisher: Raintree

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780817257156

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Chronicles the life of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, from her birth in London in 1900 to her marriage in 1923 to Prince Albert, who was to become King George VI, to her hundredth birthday.


The Little Princesses

The Little Princesses

Author: Marion Crawford

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2003-04-10

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0312312156

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An account of the childhoods and early adulthoods of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, as told by one of their primary caregivers, offers insight into early twentieth-century British royal life.


Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Author: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd

Publisher: Macmillan Pub Limited

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780333906439

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This handsome tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother comes with the backing of Britain's best-selling newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. Stunning photographs celebrate the Queen Mother's life through a century of dynamic change while in the text, Hugh Massingberd perceptively contrasts the rosy cliched image of "the Queen Mum" with the reality of the much sharper and more sophisticated Queen Elizabeth. Through a series of deft and witty captions accompanying the splendid photographs, the story of Her Majesty's private and public life unfolds in a unique memorial to Britain's best-loved royal.


Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Author: Hugo Vickers

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13: 0099476622

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An authoritative and affectionate biography of the Queen Mother by a highly respected Royal biographer.