With original insights from those who know her best, new interviews with world leaders and access to unseen papers, bestselling author Robert Hardman explores the full, astonishing life of our longest reigning monarch in this compellingly authoritative yet intimate biography.
Elizabeth II was not born to be queen. Yet from her accession as a young mother of two in 1952 to the age of Covid-19, she has proved an astute and quietly determined figure, leading her family and her people through more than seventy years of unprecedented social change. She has faced constitutional crises, confronted threats against her life, rescued the Commonwealth, seen her prime ministers come and go, charmed world leaders, been criticised as well as feted by the media, and steered her family through a lifetime in the public eye.
Queen of Our Times is a must-read study of dynastic survival and renewal, spanning abdication, war, romance, danger and tragedy. It is a compelling portrait of a leader who remains as intriguing today as the day she came to the throne aged twenty-five.
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READ MOREThis year's Book Week Scotland theme is Hope, and Glasgow Libraries are delighted to welcome Scottish author Rab Wilson to the Mitchell Library to discuss his book Collier Laddie.
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READ MOREGlasgow Mitchell Library Classics Book Group runs on the first Thursday of each month with the library kindly providing books for all members, so there is no cost involved!
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READ MORECovert Literary Magazine is a yearly publication of literature and visual art for Black, Asian and ethnically diverse writers and artists of colour, join them for the launch of Issue 4 at CCA Glasgow!
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READ MOREThis year's Book Week Scotland theme is Hope, and Glasgow Libraries are delighted to welcome Scottish author Rab Wilson to the Mitchell Library to discuss his book Collier Laddie.
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READ MOREBattlefield Writers writing collective is launching their third anthology, Tales from the Southside, at a free event on Tuesday 19th November.
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