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A VOYAGE AROUND THE QUEEN

Release date: 29 August 2024
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Review Brown understands the simple paradox: that the only way to write insightfully about the Queen is to write entirely around the Queen Brilliantly funny [and] perceptiveFINANCIAL TIMESBrown sees, correctly, that comedy is a part of all that is serious, and by laughing at things we have a better understanding of their nature Most of all in this magnificent book we have a sense of the monarch being looked at freshly, without any prejudice or point to prove, and with a real understanding of human complexity It is hard to think that a more thoughtful book on its subject will be published for many years PHILIP HENSHER, SPECTATOR This is a book about ourselves as a nation, reflected and refracted through our own relationships with one person, or our ideas of that person Browns method is worth describing because it amounts almost to a new kind of history He is by turns affectionate and scornful, but always absorbedStuffed with trash, this is a deeply serious book MATTHEW PARIS, LITERARY REVIEWA very unusual masterpiece teems with facts, humour and intelligence I enjoyed A Voyage Around the Queen so much that I wished it were longer than its 672 pages CHRISTOPHER HOWSE, SUNDAY TELEGRAPHBrown gives an astute account of the wellnigh unaccountable public life of an intensely private person In any case, he has performed the task with admirable zeal. The book is crammed with facts, statistics, anecdotes, and much of it is gloriously bizarre JOHN BANVILLE, GUARDIANBrown has given us a serious reflection on the nature of power and why institutions such as the monarchy, in the right hands, can provide a society with stability and a sense of continuity, especially in turbulent times NEW STATESMANRich in vignettes, but also has a revelatory depth thought-provoking, perhaps even deep a vivid and remarkably telling study of our late head of state, and even more so of the people she reigned over for 70 years STEPHEN SMITH, OBSERVER Book Description The new Sunday Times bestselling biography of Queen Elizabeth II, from the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize From the Back Cover Virginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of her annexe; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her; Donald Trump offended her; E.M. Forster confessed he would have married her, if only she had been a boy. Queen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived. When people spoke of her, they spoke of themselves. To the optimist, she seemed an optimist; to the pessimist, a pessimist; to the awestruck, charismatic; and to the cynical, humdrum. Though by nature reserved and unassuming, her presence could fill presidents and rock gods with terror. For close to a century, she inhabited the psyche of a nation. Combining biography, essays, cultural history, dream diaries, travelogue and satire, the bestselling author of Maam Darling and One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most public yet private of sovereigns. An enthralling reverie on memory, identity, coincidence and meaning RORY STEWARTExquisitely funny and fascinating. This book is, dare I say, majestic MARINA HYDE About the Author Craig Brown has been writing the parodic celebrity diary for Private Eye since 1989. He has written for a widevariety of publications, including the Daily Mail, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Spectator. His books include One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and Maam Darling, which won the James Tait Black award. Read more

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Title: A VOYAGE AROUND THE QUEEN
Author: Craig Brown
Publisher: HCUK
SKU: BK0511264
EAN: 9780008557508
Number Of Pages: 672 pages
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Release date: 29 August 2024

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