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'This war', wrote Winston Churchill to King George VI at the height of the Second World War, 'has brought throne and people closer together than was ever before recorded.'
Here is a full and fascinating account of that coming together. It is a study of the contribution made, not only by George VI and his redoubtable Queen, but also by the entire royal family during those turbulent years. And of how that contribution strengthened and popularized the monarchy. This is a family saga; an account of the lives, as much private as public, of all the diverse members of what George VI called 'The Firm'. Together with the tireless efforts of the King and Queen, it deals with such aspects as the Duke of Windsor's flirtation with Fascism, the ground-clearing obsessions of Queen Mary, the mysterious death of the Duke of Kent, the activities of the Athlones in Canada and the Gloucesters in Australia, and the imprisonment of the Princess Royal's eldest son, Viscount Lascelles.
Occasionally tragic, often amusing, always interesting, it is a richly detailed panorama of the monarchy in one of its finest hours.
Theo Aronson has been granted an unprecedented series of audiences with the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princess Alice. Duchess of Gloucester, and the late Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, as well as interviews with many other members of the royal family and of the royal households. He has been permitted the use of previously unpublished letters, diaries and papers. The result is a colourful study by an author who has been consistently praised for his insight, scholarship and, above all, readability.
Here is a full and fascinating account of that coming together. It is a study of the contribution made, not only by George VI and his redoubtable Queen, but also by the entire royal family during those turbulent years. And of how that contribution strengthened and popularized the monarchy. This is a family saga; an account of the lives, as much private as public, of all the diverse members of what George VI called 'The Firm'. Together with the tireless efforts of the King and Queen, it deals with such aspects as the Duke of Windsor's flirtation with Fascism, the ground-clearing obsessions of Queen Mary, the mysterious death of the Duke of Kent, the activities of the Athlones in Canada and the Gloucesters in Australia, and the imprisonment of the Princess Royal's eldest son, Viscount Lascelles.
Occasionally tragic, often amusing, always interesting, it is a richly detailed panorama of the monarchy in one of its finest hours.
Theo Aronson has been granted an unprecedented series of audiences with the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princess Alice. Duchess of Gloucester, and the late Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, as well as interviews with many other members of the royal family and of the royal households. He has been permitted the use of previously unpublished letters, diaries and papers. The result is a colourful study by an author who has been consistently praised for his insight, scholarship and, above all, readability.
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About the Author:
Theo Aronson is the author of over twenty works of royal historical biography, published in eleven languages. Among the widely read are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, and Napoleon and Josephine. In the course of researching and writing these books he has interviewed major and minor members of Britain’s royal family and members of the royal households, as well as various officials, servants, friends and others whose lives are in some way connected with the monarchy.
From Booklist:
Aronson can always be relied on to write engagingly about royalty. Here he follows what the members of the British royal family did during the trying years of World War II. Naturally his focus is on the most important royal figures of the day, King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth. George VI was the reluctant king, the younger brother who had apprehensively assumed the crown on the abdication of his older brother, the dashing Edward VIII, only three years before the outbreak of war. The new king's wife was the perky little duchess of York, who, on her husband's ascension to the throne, became the captivating, charming Queen Elizabeth (who is now the captivating, charming Queen Mother). The war years were ironically the couple's finest hour; they came to splendidly symbolize the we-won't-give-in attitude of the British people toward German aggression. And Aronson broadens the picture beyond the king and queen to include the wartime activities of their daughters, of the king's mother (the consummately regal Queen Mary), and of the king's siblings and their children. Dedication to duty is the image projected here, in a book recommended for popular history buffs. Brad Hooper
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- PublisherThistle Publishing
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 191019803X
- ISBN 13 9781910198032
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages364
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