Cannadine

Gebundenes Buch

Queen Elizabeth II

A Concise Biography of an Exceptional Sovereign

Beschreibung

This concise and authoritative biography of the UK's longest-reigning monarch is written by leading historian Sir David Cannadine. It explores the intertwined stories of her life and times, and assesses her wide-ranging but often unremarked impact on the institution of the monarchy, on the UK's public life and national image, and globally.

Autor

Sir David Cannadine has taught history at the Universities of Cambridge, Columbia, London, and Princeton. He has published many books, among them The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy (1990), G. M. Trevelyan: A Life in History (1992), Ornamentalism: How the British Saw their Empire (2001), Mellon: An American Life (2006), The Undivided Past: History Beyond our Differences (2014), and Victorious Century: The United Kingdom 1801-1906 (2018). He has served as Director of the Institute of Historical Research, President of the British Academy, and Chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait gallery, as well as General Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography since 2014.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 177
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 173mm x 122mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780198902300
• ISBN-10: 0198902301
• Artikelnr.: 73331167