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  • Published: 29 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405932165
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 720
  • RRP: $24.99
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Elizabeth the Queen

The most intimate biography of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II




The compelling biography of Queen Elizabeth II from the bestselling author, Sally Bedell Smith

This definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth II is the first all-round, up-close picture of one of the most fascinating, enigmatic and admired women in the world.

With exclusive access to the Queen's personal letters, close friends and associates, this intimate biography is a treasure trove of fresh insights on her public persona and her private life. It also explores her close relationships with her family, her children, and Prince Philip.

This book will transport you back to a moment nine decades ago when a young Princess Elizabeth first discovered her destiny. Here we see how over the years she has navigated through the political challenges and personal sacrifices ahead of her, to put the Crown, the Country and her unswerving sense of duty first.

There is so much more to our Queen than that which is reported, but in these pages we at last get to meet the leader, strategist, and diplomat; the daughter, wife, mother and grandmother - Elizabeth the Queen.

  • Published: 29 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405932165
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 720
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

About the author

Sally Bedell Smith

Sally Bedell Smith is the author of the bestselling biographies of Diana, Princess of Wales, John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Pamela Churchill Harriman and Bill Paley. A contributing editor at Vanity Fairsince 1996, she previously worked at Time and The New York Times, where she was a cultural news reporter. Sally is the mother of three children and lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Stephen.

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Praise for Elizabeth the Queen

Sally Bedell Smith offers her readers the illusion of knowing the queen as a friend

The Economist

The book has much to recommend it, being extensively researched, fluently written and containing quite a lot of intriguing "new" information

The Telegraph

A worthy addition to the shelves of royal watchers everywhere

Sunday Independent

Incisive... well researched

Choice Magazine

A thoroughly good read

Daily Mail