{"product_id":"q-a-voyage-around-the-queen-hardcover","title":"Q: A Voyage Around the Queen - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of \u003ci\u003e99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e draws a deeply original, hilarious, and telling portrait of the Queen herself. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was the most famous person on earth; she first appeared on the cover of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine at the age of three. When she died, few people were old enough to recall a time when she was not alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer likeness has been reproduced--in photographs, on stamps, on the notes and coins of thirty different currencies--more than any since Jesus. It is probable that, over the course of her ninety-six years, she was introduced to a greater number of different people than anyone else who has ever lived--likely well over half a million. Yet this most closely observed of all women rarely left any real impression on those she encountered beyond vague notions of her \"radiance\" and \"sense of duty.\" A high proportion of those she met can remember what they said to her, but not a word of what she said to them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUp until now, the curious tactic employed by biographers of the Queen has been to ignore what is interesting and to concentrate on what is not. Craig Brown, the author of \u003ci\u003e150 Glimpses of the Beatles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHello Goodbye Hello\u003c\/i\u003e, rejects this formula, bringing his kaleidoscopic approach to the most famous--and most guarded-- woman on earth, examining the Queen through a succession of interlocking prisms. With Q, this fantastically funny, marvelously insightful journalist gives us an unforgettable portrait of the omnipresent, elusive Queen Elizabeth II.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003e150 Glimpses of the Beatles\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and \u003ci\u003e99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Biography and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His first article appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e in 1978. Since then, he has written for many newspapers and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written the parodic celebrity diary for \u003ci\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/i\u003e for more than thirty years. He lives in Suffolk and Bloomsbury with his wife, Frances Welch; they have two children and a grandchild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752874410272,"sku":"9780374610920","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3e1464f23fd2c3918e7f1f01a947de4.webp?v=1780006540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/q-a-voyage-around-the-queen-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}