Sarah bradford queen elizabeth biography book

Review

"There are two types of British queens," says Columbia University historian David Cannadine.

There are those who hold the position strictly as wife of the king, such as Queen Caroline, the subject of a recent biography by Flora Fraser.

Sarah Bradford's Elizabeth is the definitive biography of the Queen, revealing the real woman behind the public figure - now celebrating her 90th birthday.

Sarah Bradford's Elizabeth is the definitive biography of the Queen, revealing the real woman behind the public figure - now celebrating her 90th birthday.

This New York Times bestseller is the first biography of Great Britain's current monarch written by a palace insider--Sarah Bradford, the Viscountess Bangor.

A court insider's portrait of Elizabeth II and her eventful and turbulent reign journeys beyond the facade of Buckingham Palace to answer questions about.

From Sarah Bradford, the best-selling author of George VI, Elizabeth and Diana, the definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth II, to tie in with the Diamond.

Called fascinatingly complex by The Wall Street Journal, this New York Times bestseller is the first biography of Great Britain's current monarch written by.

Then there are those few who have ruled as sovereign in absence of a male heir. Among them, Queen Elizabeth II, who has ruled since the death of her father, George VI, in In her seven decades of life, she has witnessed the gradual decline of British importance and endured the public collapse of the marriages of her children.

Yet she has visited more of the world than any sovereign in human history and lent dignity to her office.

From Publishers Weekly

Extracts from this biography caused a furor in the British press last month, with headlines screaming of the Duke of Edinburgh's alleged infidelities and Princess Margaret's suicide threats.

Following at least three major biographies of England's Queen comes Sarah Bradford, Vicountess Bangor i