Posted in biography, recommended, tagged The Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Review: Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage by Gyles Brandreth
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One of my primary scholarly interests as a graduate student is the genre of biography. As much as I love reading and dissecting them, I’ve often found that when I’ve attempted to write biographical sketches, there’s a fine line between sounding [...]
Posted in biography, upcoming releases, tagged Kate Middleton, Prince William of Wales, upcoming releases on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Amazon has details on an upcoming new book about Prince William’s girlfriend, Kate Middleton. The tome, written by Claudia Joseph, is scheduled for release by Mainstream Publishing on April 2, 2009.
It’s the second book written about Kate – the first was Robert Jobson’s William’s Princess, published in 2006. The synopsis on Amazon suggests that the [...]
Posted in biography, recommended, tagged Diana Princess of Wales, Prince William of Wales, Sarah Bradford, Sarah Duchess of York, The Prince of Wales on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Review: Diana by Sarah Bradford
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I decided this summer that it was time to bite the bullet and finally delve into a corner of the royal library that I had so far purposely avoided: the Diana section. So much has been made about the sensational and often suspect books written about the late [...]
