Queen Mary
The long-lost revelatory biography of Mary, Queen of the United Kingdom, wife of King George V
$26.23
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
8 January 2019
Summary
The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - with a new foreword by Hugo Vickers.
When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a Queen Consort. Queen Mary’s life, contrary to popular belief, was essentially dramatic, and she played a far more important and influential role in the affairs of the British monarchy than her public image might have otherwis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529355031 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529355036 |
| Author: | James Pope-hennessy |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Release Date: | 8 January 2019 |
| Weight: | 485g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 43mm |
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About The Author
James Pope-hennessy
James Pope-Hennessy was a British biographer and travel writer. His books included London Fabric (for which he was awarded the Hawthornden Prize), Sins of the Fathers (an account of the Atlantic slave traffickers), Anthony Trollope and Queen Victoria at Windsor and Balmoral. He died in 1974.
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