{"product_id":"9780241582596","title":"Elizabeth","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE NO 1 \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA personal account of the life and character of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’Compelling…Fascinating’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’The book overflows with nuggets of insider knowledge’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades. Fascinating insights’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHELLO!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e__________\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver the next fifty years he met her many times, both at public and at private events. Through his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh, he was given privileged access to Elizabeth II.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe kept a record of all those encounters, and his conversations with the Queen over the years, his meetings with her family and friends, and his observations of her at close quarters are what make this very personal account of her extraordinary life uniquely fascinating.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom her childhood in the 1920s to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, from her war years at Windsor Castle to her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e__________\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraise for Gyles Brandreth’s bestselling royal writing:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’Beautifully written book. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDAILY EXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’Brilliant, totally inspiring…It’s a joy to read a book that comes from a perspective of fondness’ \u003c\/b\u003eKIRSTIE ALLSOPP, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’As a sparkling celebration of Prince Philip, the book will be hard to beat’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’So readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’Brilliant…There is so much in this book you won’t find anywhere else’ \u003c\/b\u003eLORRAINE","brand":"Gyles Brandreth","offers":[{"title":"Penguin UK | Trade Paperback | 12\/24\/24","offer_id":44227646161151,"sku":"9780241582596","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9780241582596.jpg?v=1705428453","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780241582596","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}