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    The Queen: A Life in Brief

    By Robert Lacey

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    A short biography of one of the most recognized yet still mysterious women in the world, Queen Elizabeth II, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Kingdom

    Elizabeth of York was not born to be Queen. She came into the world on April 21st, 1926, the equivalent of the modern Princess Beatrice, first-born daughter of the Duke of York, destined to flutter on the royal fringe. So while Lilibet was brought up with almost religious respect for the crown, there seemed no chance of her inheriting it. Her head was never turned by the personal prospect of grandeur—which is why she would prove so very good at her job. Elizabeth II’s lack of ego was to prove the paradoxical secret of her greatness.

    For more than thirty years acclaimed author and royal biographer Robert Lacey has been gathering material from members of the Queen’s inner circle—her friends, relatives, private secretaries, and prime ministers. Now, in The Queen, Lacey offers a life of the celebrated monarch, told in four parts that capture the distinctive flavor of passing eras, and reveal how Elizabeth II adapted—or, on occasions, regally declined to adapt—to changing times.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 15, 2012
    ISBN9780062124487
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    The Queen: A Life in Brief
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    Robert Lacey

    Robert Lacey is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books, including The Queen; Ford: The Men and the Machine; The Year 1000; and Inside the Kingdom. He lives in London.

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    • 3/5
      For years she was mocked as a frumpy housewife with a tiara and diamonds, or headscarf and horses (and those damned Corgis). Then, her family fell apart in a series of embarrassing revelations and antics, and part of one of her favorite homes burned. A decade later, she's the nation's granny.And having just celebrated her Diamond Jubilee for 50 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth appears to have weathered it all far better than many would have guessed during the most turbulent years of her reign.Robert Lacey, who has written two full-length and detailed biographies of the queen, culls some of the interesting tidbits and highlights from both for The Queen. It's a souvenir book with photographs that is portable, rather than coffee-table size. The depth of reporting is to be expected for a book meant to be read in an evening.But it is a handy reference. The opening section covers the years when Elizabeth was a princess not expected to become a queen. Lacey brings her status in those years into focus by comparing her to Beatrice, the oldest daughter of Prince Andrew. When her uncle abdicated the throne and her beloved father became King George VI, Lillibet apparently was a natural at learning duty. As a teen, she decided Philip was her fellow and, regardless of what he's done in the years since, has remained steadfast. As a young mother and the monarch who denied her sister her first choice in marriage, it's apparent that duty once again was foremost.Later sections of the book spend more time chronicling the mood swings of the nation regarding the monarchy and the foibles of Elizabeth's children. There is much here for Diana-philes as well as those who have moved on.The book does cover the years since the queen made her speech just before Diana's funeral, when she seemed to be back in best form and putting her foot right every time. The mood that she had become the nation's grandmother and is respected for having stood by her post all these years is conveyed well. It matches the coverage of the queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations last month.For those who think back to the princess who learned she had become queen while up in a tree in Kenya, or those who have never known another monarch on the British throne, Lacey's book is an enjoyable exercise in nostalgia..
    • 3/5
      This small profile of the life of Queen Elizabeth II is just that...small. Undoubtedly meant to capitalize on the excitement surrounding the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the book is not worth it for serious fans of the Queen, maybe for those only looking for an extremely brief overview of her life.