A Brief Life of the Queen

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Elizabeth R applies the classic formula of the Brief Life to the most recognized yet still mysterious woman in the world, Queen Elizabeth II. For more than thirty years Robert Lacey has been gathering material from the members of the Queen's inner circle - her friends, relatives, private secretaries and prime ministers - and the results are distilled in this elegant, small format hardback, at under 10 contrasting deliberately with the other weighty and expensive Jubilee tomes.
Tracing the Queen's life through its major stages Elizabeth R offers the freshness of the first-hand insights and the compelling story-telling for which Robert Lacey' s best-selling biographies are famous.
Praise for Robert Lacey:
'Incredibly readable... captures her qualities of fun, kindness and true grit' Jilly Cooper
'Robert Lacey is the King of royal biographers' Kitty Kelley
'Robert Lacey makes you feel like yo' re right there, in the palace, in the castle.' Vanity Fair

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'Robert Lacey is the King of royal biographers.'

'A unique insight Respected for the depth and extend of his research and contacts, Robert Lacey knows arguably more about the Queen than any other commentator writing today.'

'Robert Lacey makes you feel like you're right there, in the palace, in the castle.'

Author Bio

Robert Lacey is a British Historian noted for his original research, which gets him close to - and often living alongside - his subjects. He is the author of several international bestsellers including The Kingdom, a study of Saudi Arabia published in 1981. To research The Kingdom, Robert took his family to live for eighteen months beside the Red Sea in Jeddah, earning his title as the method acto of contemporary biographers.