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The Queen : the life of Elizabeth II

Title
  1. The Queen : the life of Elizabeth II / Elizabeth Longford.
Published by
  1. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1983.
Author
  1. Longford, Elizabeth, 1906-2002

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Description
  1. xi, 415 pages, 44 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  1. A biography of Queen Elizabeth II, prepared with the cooperation of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother and with full access to the Royal Archives.
Subject
  1. Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
  2. Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
  3. Since 1952
  4. Queens > Great Britain > Biography
  5. Queens
  6. Great Britain > History > Elizabeth II, 1952-2022
  7. Great Britain
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies.
  2. Biographies
  3. History
Contents
  1. The world of her birth: 1900-1926 -- Innocence and beauty born: 1926-1930 -- A golden age: 1931-1936 -- The year of three kings: 1936 -- Bred to be queen: 1937-1939 -- The Windor fortress: 1940-1945 -- Us four-- and Philip: 1945-1947 -- Interlude for living: 1948-1952 -- The "New Elizabethans": 1952-1953 -- Uphill all the way: 1953-1957 -- The sport of queens -- A family in the sixties -- The queen and the magic circle: 1952-1964 -- Our mother is coming! -- Revaluations: the seventies -- Under Paul's dome -- The system -- The spell -- The queen.
Call number
  1. JFE 85-3398
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-391) and index.
Author
  1. Longford, Elizabeth, 1906-2002, author.
Title
  1. The Queen : the life of Elizabeth II / Elizabeth Longford.
Imprint
  1. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1983.
Edition
  1. 1st American edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-391) and index.
Chronological term
  1. Since 1952
Other form:
  1. Online version: Longford, Elizabeth, 1906-2002. Queen. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1983 (OCoLC)564675060
LCCN
  1. 83048115
ISBN
  1. 0394523288
  2. 9780394523286
Research call number
  1. JFE 85-3398
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