Royal Subjects: A Biographer's Encounters - Softcover

Aronson, Theo

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9780330480529: Royal Subjects: A Biographer's Encounters

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330480529 ISBN 13: 9780330480529

Publisher: Macmillan Pub Ltd, 2001

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Here is a touching and funny memoir of how one mans life became interwoven with the Royal family. While also a reflection on royalty and writing, the gems youll discover along the way are hilarious descriptions of lunching on a scotch egg (and Scotch) with Margaret, bizarrely gracious teas with the Queen Mother, tales of the ageing aunts in Kensington Palace and much more.

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Theo Aronson first encountered royalty as a boy in South Africa when George VI and Queen Elizabeth, on a state visit, stopped off at a local railway station. Three decades later as a distinguished biographer and historian, Aronson chose to write the life story of the aging Princess Alice, who was raised at the court of Queen Victoria. For this and later books, he found himself granted rare interviews with the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Prince Charles, and Princess Alice. This sparkling, often irreverent memoir on the changing nature of royalty and its characters includes among its gems hilarious descriptions of lunching on scotch eggs (and Scotch!) with Princess Margaret, revealing conversations with the Queen Mother, and bizarrely gracious meals with aging princesses in Kensington Palace. Frank and affectionate, its portraits are assembled with a marvelously deft touch.

About the Author:

Theo Aronson is the author of over 20 works of royal historical biography, from Napoleonic subjects to Queen Victoria and the European monarchies. Among his best known are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, Princess Alice Countess of Athlone, The Royal Family at War and Royal Family Years of Transition. His most recent are Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld (John Murray) and Princess Margaret (Michael O'Mara). Born in South Africa, he lives in Frome, Somerset.

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