{"product_id":"9781439108390","title":"Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II","description":"For more than fifty years, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor -- who became Elizabeth II, Queen of England on February 6, 1952 -- has been loved and loathed, revered and feared, applauded and criticized by her people. Still she endures as a captivating figure in the world's most durable symbol of political authority: the British monarchy. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMonarch,\u003c\/i\u003e a meticulously detailed portrait of Elizabeth II as both a human being and an institution, bestselling author Robert Lacey brings the queen to life as never before: as baby \"Lilibet\" learning to wave to a crowd in the Royal Mews; as a child \"ardently praying for a brother\" so as to avoid her fate; as a young woman falling in love with and marrying her cousin Philip; and as the mother-in-law of the most complicated royal of all, Princess Diana. \u003cbr\u003e Updated with new material to reflect the 2002 Golden Jubilee and the passing of the Queen Mum -- and featuring dozens of photographs, a family tree of the Hanoverian-Windsor-Mountbatten families, and a map that charts the location of royal castles -- \u003ci\u003eMonarch\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging, critical, and celebratory account of Elizabeth's half-century reign that no reader of popular history should be without.","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123621773552,"sku":"9781439108390","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439108390_p0.jpg?v=1763756954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439108390","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}