Gareth Russell

Gebundenes Buch

Do Let's Have Another Drink

The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Beschreibung

A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried at sea, the Queen Mother replied cheerfully. 'Dear old Edwina, she always did like to make a splash!'

Autor

Gareth Russell is a historian and writer. Born in Belfast, he studied history at the University of Oxford and completed his postgraduate degree in medieval history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of several works of royal and social history, including a biography of Catherine Howard called Young and Damned and Fair and The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the end of the Edwardian Era, as well as two novels both of which were adapted for the stage. He has also reviewed for The Times, Daily Telegraph and Belfast Telegraph. He has contributed pieces for BBC Radio, BBC Northern Ireland and the History Channel. He lives in Belfast.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780008542610
• ISBN-10: 0008542619
• Artikelnr.: 63265004