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Princess Margaret Tim Heald

Princess Margaret By Tim Heald

Princess Margaret by Tim Heald


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Summary

Elegant and sophisticated biography of Princess Margaret, the controversial sister of Queen Elizabeth II, the Princess Diana of her day

Princess Margaret Summary

Princess Margaret: A Life Unravelled by Tim Heald

Elegant and sophisticated biography of Princess Margaret, the controversial sister of Queen Elizabeth II, the Princess Diana of her day

The almost universal conception is that the life of Princess Margaret (1930-2002) was a tragic failure, a history of unfulfilment.

Tim Heald's vivid and elegant biography portrays a woman who was beautiful and sexually alluring - even more so than Princess Diana, years later - and whose reputation for naughtiness co-existed with the glamour. The mythology is that Margaret's life was 'ruined' by her not being allowed to marry the one true love of her life - Group Captain Peter Townsend - and that therefore her marriage to Lord Snowdon and her well-attested relationships with Roddy Llewellyn and others were mere consolation prizes. Margaret's often exotic personal life in places like Mustique is a key part of her story.

The author has had extraordinary help from those closest to Princess Margaret, including her family (Lord Snowdon and her son, Lord Linley), as well as three of her private secretaries and many of her ladies in waiting. These individuals have not talked to any previous biographer. He has also had the Queen's permission to use the royal archives.

Heald asks why one of the most famous and loved little girls in the world, who became a juvenile wartime sweetheart, ended her life a sad wheelchair-bound figure, publicly reviled and ignored. This is a story of a life in which the private and the public seemed permanently in conflict. The biography is packed with good stories. Princess Margaret was never ignored; what she said and did has been remembered and recounted to Tim Heald.

Princess Margaret Reviews

This sympathetic but unsentimental biography explores the paradoxical nature of a fascinating, infuriating woman -- Simon Shaw * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
A fascinating insight into the life of the party girl who became an icon in postwar Britain * DAILY EXPRESS *
A sympathetic tribute and an exploration into a tormented soul * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *

About Tim Heald

Tim Heald is a biographer, crimewriter and journalist. He was chosen by Prince Philip to be his biographer on his 70th birthday. He has been a contributor to many television obituaries of royal figures, including Prince Philip, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother.

Additional information

GOR001215054
9780753823774
0753823772
Princess Margaret: A Life Unravelled by Tim Heald
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
2008-07-01
368
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