
Booklist starred review“a fascinating book that is not just about a man who would be king, but also about the duties that come with privilege. Walter isaacson“sally bedell Smith has given us a complete and compelling portrait of the man in the shadow of the throne. Smith writes about charles’s life with a skill and sympathy she perfected in her 2012 biography of Charles’s mother.
The christian science Monitor“Comprehensive and admirably fair. New york times bestseller • the life and loves of prince charles are illuminated in a major new biography from the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen—perfect for fans of The Crown. She makes many telling, shrewd points in pursuit of realigning the popular image of Prince Charles.
William boyd, the new York Times Book Review“A masterly account. The wall street Journal “Thoroughly researched and insightful.
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

. Sally bedell smith brings us inside the palace doors and into the queen’s daily routines—the “red boxes” of documents she reviews each day, her physically demanding tours abroad, and the constant scrutiny of the press—as well as her personal relationships: with Prince Philip, the weekly meetings she has had with twelve prime ministers, her husband of sixty-four years and the love of her life; her children and their often-disastrous marriages; her grandchildren and friends.
Praise for elizabeth the Queen“An excellent, all-embracing new biography. The new york times“an imposing, yet nimbly written, biography that dwarfs the field. In elizabeth the queen, we meet the young girl who suddenly becomes “heiress presumptive” when her uncle abdicates the throne. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, who has led her country and commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last sixty years with unparalleled composure, intelligence, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, how well do we really know the world’s most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, and grace.
. We see the young queen struggling to balance the demands of her job with her role as the mother of two young children. A most satisfying and enjoyable read, one to be savored at length.
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Smith explores the events and relationships that shaped the Princess, her view of men, her deep feelings of unworthiness, the flashpoints that sent her careening through life, and her perpetual journey toward a better sense of self. Even those who knew princess diana will be surprised by author Sally Bedell Smith's insightful and haunting portrait of Diana's inner life.
For all that has been written about diana--the books, her motivations, the commemorative magazines, the thousands of newspaper articles--we have lacked a sophisticated understanding of the woman, and her extreme needs. Diana in search of herself is the first authoritative biography of one of the most fabled women of the century.
By making connections not previously explored, this book allows readers to see Diana as she really was, from her birth to her tragic death. Original in its reporting and surprising in its conclusions about the severity of Diana's mental-health problems, Diana in Search of Herself is the smartest and most substantive biography ever written about this mesmerizing woman.
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Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner’s memoir of the great women movie stars he has known. In a career that has spanned more than sixty years Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise of television, becoming a beloved star in both media.
John. I loved her in the movies is his intimate and revealing account of the charisma of these women on film, why they became stars, and how their specific emotional and dramatic chemistries affected the choices they made as actresses as well as the choices they made as women. Like wagner’s two previous bestsellers, i loved her in the Movies is a privileged look behind the scenes at some of the most well-known women in show business as well as an insightful look at the sexual and romantic attraction that created their magic.
In addition to offering perceptive commentary on these women, and vice versa—and how the introduction of color brought a new erotic charge to movies, Wagner also examines topics such as the strange alchemy of the camera—how it can transform the attractive into the stunning, one that enabled these actresses to become aggressively sexual beings in a way that that black and white films had only hinted at.
. During that time he became acquainted, both professionally and socially, with the remarkable women who were the greatest screen personalities of their day.
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. And there are a fair few! this is the inside story of the Royal Family through the eyes of those who know them best, a sneak peek behind the ermine-trimmed curtains to reveal what they really get up to in their spare time. The windsors are england's most famous family, but what are they really like when they're out of the public gaze? Behind closed doors in every Royal residence, from Buckingham Palace to Clarence House, there are two families - one upstairs and one down - and nobody knows a Royal quite like a Royal servant, intimately acquainted as they are with every quirk, foible and eccentricity.
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Junor contends that their marriage has reinvigorated Charles, allowing him to finally become comfortable as the heir to the British throne. Sensitive to public opinion, the palace announced that this would never happen; when Charles eventually acceded to the throne, Camilla would be known as the princess consort.
A woman with no ambition to be a princess, a duchess, Camilla simply wanted to be with, or a queen, and support, the man who has always been the love of her life. In the first in-depth biography of camilla, duchess of cornwall—the infamous other woman who made the marriage of Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana "a bit crowded"—esteemed royal biographer Penny Junor tells the unlikely and extraordinary story of the woman reviled as a pariah who, thanks to numerous twists of fate, became the popular princess consort.
Few know the windsor family as well as veteran royal biographer and journalist Penny Junor. In the duchess, revealing in full, sensitive eye on the intriguing, and little-known Camilla Parker Bowles, she casts her insightful, for the first time, once widely despised, the remarkable rise of a woman who was the most notorious mistress in the world.
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. But how did a poor orphan become a global icon of both luxury and everyday style? How did she develop such vast, undying influence? And what does our ongoing love of all things Chanel tell us about ourselves? These are the mysteries that Rhonda K. National bestsellercertain lives are at once so exceptional, and yet so in step with their historical moments, that they illuminate cultural forces far beyond the scope of a single person.
. In mademoiselle, well-researched, garelick delivers the most probing, and insightful biography to date on this seemingly familiar but endlessly surprising figure—a work that is truly both a heady intellectual study and a literary page-turner. Praise for mademoiselle “a detailed, wry and nuanced portrait of a complicated woman that leaves the reader in a state of utterly satisfying confusion—blissfully mesmerized and confounded by the reality of the human spirit.
The washington post “writing an exhaustive biography of Chanel is a challenge comparable to racing a four-horse chariot. For the rest of chanel’s life, and political were interwoven; her lovers included diplomat Boy Capel; composer Igor Stravinsky; Romanov heir Grand Duke Dmitri; Hugh Grosvenor, personal, the professional, the Duke of Westminster; poet Pierre Reverdy; a Nazi officer; and several women as well.
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Ryan o’neal and Farrah Fawcett. One of the most storied love affairs in Hollywood history, their romance has captivated fans and media alike for more than three decades. Soon, griffin; mismatched career trajectories; and raising their young son, and son, Tatum, reality threatened their happiness and they struggled with some serious matters, however, including the disintegration of Farrah’s marriage; Ryan’s troubled relationship with his daughter, Redmond—all leading Ryan and Farrah to an inevitable split in 1997.
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