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English
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From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well do we really know the world's most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II,...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Explores more than fifty years of British history under Queen Elizabeth, from postwar austerity, through the end of the British empire and the emergence of America as a superpower, to the multicultural Britain of today.
Author
Series
Apothecary series volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Follows a fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
The year 2002 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession to the British throne. To celebrate this occasion, William Shawcross, an award-winning writer and journalist, has written an intimate and revealing portrait of the Queen and an absorbing narrative of how the faces of the monarchy, Britain, and the world have changed over the past fifty years. Britain today bears little resemblance to the country the Queen inherited in 1952. There...
6) Spencer
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English
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The marriage of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) and Prince Charles (Jack Farthing) has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. But this year, things will be profoundly different. SPENCER is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days.
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Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Follow her from childhood and discover the unforeseen circumstances that instantly altered the British monarchy's line of succession, catapulting Princess Elizabeth from the unlikely heir to the throne to England's future queen. Highlights and milestones are reverently presented with footage throughout...
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In honour of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee 2022, this once in a lifetime history book for kids tells the story of a young princess who grew up to become our longest reigning monarch, and celebrates the achievements, people and places that have become part of her remarkable legacy."--
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A timely and revelatory new biography of Queen Elizabeth (and her family) exploring how the Windsors have evolved and thrived, as the modern world has changed around them, and probing the question of the British monarchy's longevity. In 2021, the Queen Elizabeth II finally appears to be at ease in the modern world, helped by the new generation of Windsors. But through Irving's unique insight there emerges a more fragile institution, whose extraordinarily...
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Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth, based on interviews in Britain and elsewhere, provides a glimpse ino the public and private worlds of the Windsors, and discusses major issues, trials and tribulations, and the future of the monarchy.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Through four extraordinary documentaries, we follow some of Queen Elizabeth II's most defining moments, from her unique coronation to her sympathetic and inspiring speeches. With singular access and painstaking detail, we see how her legend was crafted, and take a peek behind the curtain to get a sense of the woman who was Queen.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the seventieth anniversary of her reign by a renowned royal biographer"--
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has reigned through more seismic social change than any monarch in British history-- and she has witnessed family crises on a scale not seen since the days of George III. Sealed off during the greatest peacetime emergency of modern times, she has stuck to her own maxim: "I have to be seen to be believed."...
Author
Publisher
Andre Deutsch
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She is the figurehead of the Commonwealth - a total of 53 countries, head of state for 16 countires, manages 1,200 members of staff and hosts on average 30,000 people a year at garden parties or investitures. Throughout her 64-year rule she has made more than 250 official visits to over 100 countries in what has been an exhauting, relentless and demanding career. Each decade has...
14) The Queen
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the untimely death of Princess Diana. The Queen's restrained reaction causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
15) The Queen
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the untimely death of Princess Diana. The Queen's restrained reaction causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
16) Hunger
Series
Criterion collection volume 504
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.
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Language
English
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"Painfully shy, Elizabeth Windsor's personality was well suited to her youthful ambition of living quietly in the country, raising a family, and caring for her dogs and horses. But when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated, she became heir to the throne--embarking on a journey that would test her as a woman and queen. Ascending to the throne at only 25, this self-effacing monarch navigated endless setbacks, family conflict, and occasional triumphs...
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Publisher
St. Martin's, Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers--the trusted advisers in the King or Queen's inner circle--to ensure its survival as a family and a pillar of the country. Today, as ever, a carefully selected team of people hidden from view steers the royal family's path between public duty and private life. Queen Elizabeth II, after a remarkable 70 years of service, saw the final seasons of her reign without her husband Philip...
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Mountbatten never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her with a throne to fill and a global institution to govern. Crowned at twenty-five, she was already a wife and mother as she began her journey towards becoming a queen. As Britain lifted itself out of the shadow of war, the new monarch faced her own challenges. Her mother doubted her marriage; her uncle-in-exile derided her abilities; her husband resented the sacrifice...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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At the end of the 70s, Charles is still unmarried and England's first female Prime Minister locks horns with the Queen, causing some unrest among the entire country. As Margaret Thatcher leads England into the Falklands war and a prince courts a "commoner", the Lady Diana Spencer, the country may unite under a fairytale ending but the royal family's division grows wider.
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