{"product_id":"lord-snowdon-book-helen-cathcart-9781800553958","title":"Lord Snowdon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003en\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eengrossing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e biography of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdeal for fans of the hit Netflix series \u003ci\u003eThe Crown\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAntony Armstrong-Jones, photographer, designer and film-maker, gained worldwide attention when he married Queen Elizabeth II's younger sister, Princess Margaret in 1960 - the first non-aristocrat to marry into the Royal Family for 400 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow did a 'commoner' come to marry a princess, a woman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhom he\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e had long admired from afar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn fact, 'Tony' descended from Welsh gentry, the son of a barrister and a society hostess. Educated at Eton College and Cambridge University - where he coxed the Light Blues to victory in the 1950 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race - his family shared a long-established link with the Mountbatten arm of the Royal Family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this engaging biography Helen Cathcart traces the first four decades of Lord Snowdon's life, from the child of divorce and schoolboy victim of polio to successful photographer of the rich and famous and dutiful member of the Royal Family. Cathcart draws on close personal family sources to reveal the man behind the camera, the Old Etonian whose sense of timing and inquisitive interest in people made him one of the most original of British photographers. Set against a background of Irish castles, Thames-side hideaways and royal palaces, Cathcart also tells the definitive story of Lord Snowdon's romance with Princess Margaret and their early married life together as one of Britain's most glamorous couples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLord Snowdon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is packed with intensely revealing detail sure to appeal to all Royal Family enthusiasts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Helen Cathcart: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An expert on royalty' -\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wide acclaim as a royal biographer ... objective, uninhibited and penetrating' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Helen Cathcart writes about royalty as if she were one of them' -\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The doyenne of royal biographers' -\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51051209785617,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51051212964113,"sku":"NIN9781800553958","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1800553951.jpg?v=1750866112","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/lord-snowdon-book-helen-cathcart-9781800553958","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}