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Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage

Gyles Brandreth

3.9/5 ( ratings)

This is the first major biography of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh—both royal, both great-great-great grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but in temperament and upbringing very different people. Her childhood was loving and secure, his turbulent: the Duke's grandfather was assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated by the time he was ten. For almost sixty years theirs have been among the most famous faces in the world—yet the personalities behind the image remain elusive, and the nature of their marriage is an enigma.

Gyles Brandreth has met all the principal players in the story. He quotes no anonymous sources; he has known the Duke of Edinburgh for twenty-five years and has interviewed him. This is a unique and revealing portrait of a remarkable partnership.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: November 17, 2006

ISBN: 0393329496

ISBN 13: 9780393329490

Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage

Gyles Brandreth

3.9/5 ( ratings)

This is the first major biography of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh—both royal, both great-great-great grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but in temperament and upbringing very different people. Her childhood was loving and secure, his turbulent: the Duke's grandfather was assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated by the time he was ten. For almost sixty years theirs have been among the most famous faces in the world—yet the personalities behind the image remain elusive, and the nature of their marriage is an enigma.

Gyles Brandreth has met all the principal players in the story. He quotes no anonymous sources; he has known the Duke of Edinburgh for twenty-five years and has interviewed him. This is a unique and revealing portrait of a remarkable partnership.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: November 17, 2006

ISBN: 0393329496

ISBN 13: 9780393329490

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