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PublisherAtria Books
ISBN-101982169176
ISBN-139781982169176
eBay Product ID (ePID)24050385431
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Book TitleWindsor Diaries : My Childhood with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Royalty, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorAlathea Fitzalan Howard
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight23 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-051917
ReviewsA dedicated and meticulous diarist, unfailingly recording the goings-on of her life as the royal family's welcome interloper.... Howard's observations imbue the reader with an intimacy of the casual, everyday life of 20th-century British royalty., A compelling and revealing insight into the teenage life of the then Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret., Perfect for fans of 'The Crown,' this is the kind of book you want to curl up with next to a roaring fire or on your next vacation. A fascinating, eyewitness account of the British Royal Family's private life against the backdrop of the Second World War, 'The Windsor Diaries' shows the King, the Queen, and the two princesses through the eyes of a girl who was invited into their home during Britain's darkest hour. I could not put it down.
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SynopsisThe never-before-published diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard--who spent her teenaged years living out World War II in Windsor Great Park with her close friends Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of the United Kingdom--provide an extraordinary and intimate look at the British Royal Family. Like so many others in Great Britain, young Alathea Fitzalan Howard's life was turned upside down by the start of the Second World War. Sent to stay with her grandfather at the historic Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Alathea found the affection she so craved through her close friendship with the two princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and their parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, her neighbors at nearby Windsor Castle. Together, the girls enjoyed parties, cinema evenings, picnics, and more, all recorded in honest and captivating detail in Alathea's diary, which she kept as a constant source of comfort. Day by day, from ages sixteen to twenty-two, she recorded the intimate details of her life with the Royal Family and the anxieties of wartime Britain. Now, published for the first time, these unique diaries unveil a candid and vivid portrait of the British Royal Family and of Princess Elizabeth in particular, the warm, quiet young girl who was already on her journey to her ultimate destiny: the Crown.
LC Classification NumberDA585.F5A3 2021
