The Queen : The Life of Elizabeth II, Used [Hardcover]

The Life of Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. As Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations; as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. In this superb biography, we first see Elizabeth as a child; we see her idyllic family come to an end with the Abdication of her uncle Edward VIII; we see her earliest meeting with Prince Philip of Greece, their growing romance and their marriage and parenthood; the the untimely death of her adored father which led to her ascension to the throne. Lady Longford goes on to examine the Queen's relationships with her prime ministers and the other intimate details which require the Queen's attention. She tells Elizabeth's story fully, judiciously, and sympathetically. The Queen will stand as one of the most fascinating biographies ever written of a reigning monarch.

THE QUEEN, Used [Hardcover]