The Queen Mother The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

by Campbell, Colin

• ISBN13: 9781250018977
• ISBN10: 1250018978
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-24
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Timesbestselling author who first revealed the truth about Princess Diana Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has been called the "most successful queen since Cleopatra." Her personality was so captivating that even her arch-enemy Wallis Simpson wrote about "her legendary charm." Portrayed as a selfless partner to the King in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech,The Queen Mother is most often remembered from her later years as the smiling granny with the pastel hats. When she died in 2002, just short of her 102nd birthday, she was praised for a long life well lived. But there was another side to her story. For the first time, Lady Colin Campbell shows us that the untold life of the Queen Mother is far more fascinating and moving than the official version that has been peddled ever since she became royal in 1923. With unparalleled sources--including members of the Royal Family, aristocrats, and friends and relatives of Elizabeth herselfthis mesmerizing account takes us inside the real and sometimes astonishing world of the royal family.

Author Biography

LADY COLIN CAMPBELL, who is connected to the royal family through mutual ancestors and marriage, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Diana in Private--which was the first book to reveal the truth behind the "fairytale" marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales--as well as The Royal Marriages: What Really Goes on in the Private World of the Queen and Her Family, and The Real Diana.

Table of Contents

The Much Wanted Angel	p. 1
An Enchanted Childhood	p. 21
The Great War	p. 47
Love and Marriage	p. 77
The Making of a Star	p. 137
The Smiling Duchess	p. 161
Motherhood and Its Perks	p. 187
The Fairest of Us All	p. 215
Compulsion and Abdication	p. 247
The Warrior Queen	p. 315
Peace and Death	p. 347
And Let There Be Fun	p. 377
Covered in Glory	p. 415
Appendices	p. 453
Genealogical Tables	p. 463
Selected Bibliography	p. 471
Chapter Notes	p. 475
Index	p. 489
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