The Queen
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Narrated by:
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Eleanor Bron
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By:
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Matthew Dennison
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An elegant and magisterial new biography of Her Majesty the Queen, tracing the events of a reign that now spans seven decades and evaluating her achievement as a practitioner of monarchy across the entirety of her reign.
For millions of people, both in Britain and across the world, Elizabeth II is the embodiment of monarchy. Her long life spans nearly a century of national and global history, from a time before the Great Depression to the era of COVID-19. Her reign embraces all but seven years of Britain's postwar history; she has been served by 15 UK prime ministers from Churchill to Johnson, and witnessed the administrations of 13 US presidents from Truman to Trump. The vast majority of Britons cannot remember a world without Elizabeth II as head of state and the Commonwealth.
In this brand-new biography of the longest-reigning sovereign in British history, Matthew Dennison traces her life and reign across an era of unprecedented and often seismic social change. Stylish in its writing and nuanced in its judgements, The Queen charts the joys and triumphs as well as the disappointments and vicissitudes of a remarkable royal life; it also assesses the achievement of a woman regarded as the champion of a handful of 'British' values endorsed - if no longer practised - by the bulk of the nation: service, duty, steadfastness, charity and stoicism.
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- Robyn
- 22-06-2024
Don't waste your time
I expected better from Dr Dennison, an historian with a solid record of biography. This is one of the most boring books I've ever read but I ploughed on at fast speed in disbelief just to see whether it improved. It didn't. Everyone quoted thought Elizabeth was the most beautiful baby/teenager/young woman ever seen in England, everyone loved her, she never put a foot wrong or said a wrong word to anyone ever. Obviously Elizabeth displayed many admirable qualities over her lifetime and fulfilled her role with dignity and distinction, but she wasn't perfect. Eleanor Bron is great, the right voice and accent and no mispronunciations, but I do feel sorry for her having to wade through 20 hours of unmitigated hagiography.
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