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Item Details
Title:
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KING'S COUNSELLOR
ABDICATION AND WAR - THE DIARIES OF SIR ALAN LASCELLES |
By: |
Duff Hart-Davis (Editor) |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£12.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0753822253 |
ISBN 13: |
9780753822258 |
Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
Pub. date: |
17 October, 2007 |
Pages: |
512 |
Description: |
The Private Secretary to four monarchs, whose diaries reveal the inside story of the Abdication, the royal family during WWII and the Princess Margaret-Peter Townsend affair |
Synopsis: |
Tommy Lascelles's diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published. The early part about Edward VIII is a damning profile; the bulk of the book is WWII as seen from a key courtier - Lascelles is first assistant and soon private secretary to the King and Queen. The last part, which Duff Hart-Davis, the editor, has headed 'Royal Crises', is post-war. Here is Queen Mary's concern over the marriage of her grandson George Harewood (Lascelles' 2nd cousin) and Princess Margaret's relationship with the equerry, Peter Townsend. There is one additional element: Winston Churchill. Lascelles shows the PM and the King and how they worked together. Nor did Churchill always get his own way. Lascelles was a fine writer - like most of the best diaries his are a delight to read as well as being invaluable history. |
Illustrations: |
13 B/W Photo\Illu(s) |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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