{"product_id":"2940169466201","title":"The Queen Mother: The Official Biography (Abridged)","description":"The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles-and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon-the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore's ten children-was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined that her long life (she died in 2002) would come to reflect a changing nation over the ourse of an entire century. Now, William Shawcross-given unrestricted access to the Queen Mother's personal papers, letters, and diaries-gives us a portrait of unprecedented vividness and detail. Here is the girl who helped convalescing soldiers during the First World War . . . the young Duchess of York helping her reluctant husband assume the throne when his brother abdicated . . . the Queen refusing to take refuge from the bombing of London, risking her own life to instill courage and hope in others who were living through the Blitz . . . the dowager Queen-the last Edwardian, the charming survivor of a long-lost era-representing her nation at home and abroad . . . the matriarch of the Royal Family and \"the nation's best-loved grandmother.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA revelatory royal biography that is, as well, a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114573840624,"sku":"2940169466201","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169466201_p0.jpg?v=1769895587","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169466201","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}