Elizabeth & Margaret : the intimate world of the Windsor sisters
by
Morton, Andrew, 1953-
Title
:
Elizabeth & Margaret : the intimate world of the Windsor sisters
Author
:
Morton, Andrew, 1953-
ISBN
:
9781789294231
Personal Author
:
Morton, Andrew, 1953-
Publication Date
:
2022
2021
Physical Description
:
xiii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
General Note
:
Originally published: 2021.
Abstract
:
They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward VIII decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more, Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called 'Lillibet'. And bow to her wishes. Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sister's antics with a kind of stoical amusement but Margaret's struggle to find a place and position inside the royal system - and her fraught relationship with its expectations - was often a source of tension. From the idyll of their cloistered early life, through their hidden wartime lives, into the divergent paths they took following their father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne, this book explores their relationship over the years.
Personal Subject
:
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002.
Subject Term
:
Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Princesses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Biography.
Geographic Term
:
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-
Library | Shelf Number | Material Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Kensal Library | 920 ELIZ | Book | 30116021283369 | Adult lending |
Maida Vale Library | BIOG 920 ELIZ | Book | 30117804321871 | Adult lending |
Victoria Library | BIOG 920 ELIZ | Book | 30117804317507 | Adult lending |