{"product_id":"9780008557492","title":"A Voyage Around the Queen - SIGNED COPY","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSIGNED COPY\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Brown, Craig\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eLondon, Greater London\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 August 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 672 pages\u003cbr\u003e163 x 243 x 47 | 996g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the funniest writers of our time, the award-winning and bestselling author of One Two Three Four and Ma'am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an unforgettable and fascinating biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Enthralling … deliciously gossipy' MAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A crown jewel among royal biographies' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Wonderfully absurd’ SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant' SARAH VINE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of her annex; Jimi Hendrix played her tune; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her; Andy Warhol envied her fame; Donald Trump offended her; E.M. Forster confessed he would have married her, if only she had been a boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQueen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived. When people spoke of her, they spoke of themselves; when they dreamed of her, they dreamed of themselves. She mirrored their hopes and anxieties. To the optimist, she seemed an optimist; to the pessimist, a pessimist; to the awestruck, charismatic; and to the cynical, humdrum. Though by nature reserved and unassuming, her presence could fill presidents and rock gods with terror. For close to a century, she inhabited the psyche of a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining biography, essays, cultural history, dream diaries, travelogue and satire, the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most public yet private of sovereigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An enthralling reverie on memory, identity, coincidence and meaning – testing, teasing, charming, moving and deceptively wise'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRORY STEWART\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Completely and utterly brilliant and exquisitely funny and fascinating. This book is, dare I say, majestic. Craig Brown has no peers – I would curtsey to him if I met him' MARINA HYDE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'You wouldn’t think the world needed another book about Queen Elizabeth – but how wrong you’d be. Craig Brown’s wholly original and enthralling biography is absolute heaven from start to finish’ INDIA KNIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Craig Brown continues to reinvent the art of biography… utterly fascinating' JASON COWLEY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brown is as sharp and dryly funny as his subject' EVENING STANDARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It is a strength of Brown’s excavating talents that he can fill 650 pages with so many attendant gems' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brown’s wry, gossipy style has made him one of the UK’s best-loved biographers'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Witty, sharp and unforgettable' WOMAN’S OWN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Wonderfully readable – to both lovers and haters of monarchy' LITERARY REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA JAZZ FM SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCraig Brown's book One Two Three Four won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41926461915271,"sku":"9780008557492","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008557492.jpg?v=1726003416","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.live\/products\/9780008557492","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}