Written with complete access to the Queen Mother's personal
letters and diaries, William Shawcross's riveting biography is the
truly definitive account of this remarkable woman, whose life
spanned the twentieth century. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes
Lyon,the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4
August 1900. Drawing on her private correspondence and other
unpublished material from the Royal Archives, William Shawcross
vividly reveals the witty girl who endeared herself to soldiers
convalescing at Glamis in the First World War; the assured young
Duchess of York; the Queen, at last feeling able to look the East
End in the face at the height of the Blitz; the Queen Mother,
representing the nation at home and abroad throughout her long
widowhood.
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