The Queen Mother by William Shawcross

The Queen Mother by William Shawcross

The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth I, and grandmother of Prince Charles, Elizabeth 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 course of an entire century. Vividly detailed, written with unrestricted access to her personal papers, letters, and diaries, this candid royal biography by William Shawcross is also a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century.

William Shawcross is a successful author of many novels, including Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia; The Quality of Mercy: Cambodia, Holocaust, and Modern Conscience; Rescue Us from Evil: Warlords, Peacekeepers, and an Endless Conflict; Allies, and The Queen Mother. He is the chairman of Article 19, a London-based charity and pressure organisation that protects Article 19 of the Declaration of Human Rights, as well as a board member of the International Crisis Committee and a member of the High Commissioner for Refugees' Informal Advisory Group from 1995 to 2000.