Diana Remembered 1961-1997 (Diana Princess of Wales) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Daily Telegraph (Editor), Macmillan Uk Publishers (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997 | ISBN-10: 0333734742 | ISBN-13: 978-0333734742

Presents highlights from the public and private life of the late Princess of Wales.

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This collection of words and pictures--some of them rarely seen--celebrates the life of a woman who is missed by many. The editors of the Daily Telegraph have assembled photos from Princess Diana's childhood up to the last month of her life that commemorate her roles as a wife, mother, activist, and woman. Images of the shy young woman (seen in the formal engagement photo) are followed by wedding photos and shots with her two young boys. Then the princess begins to emerge more on her own--dancing with John Travolta, bringing Prince William to his first day of nursery school, comforting a young patient, inspecting a recently cleared landmine field, and jogging in work-out clothes toward her car. Together, these photographs form a portrait of a warm and engaging woman whose life was cut tragically short. Royalties from the book will be donated to the Diana Memorial Appeal, which contributes to Diana's favorite charities.

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From the Introduction by W.F. Deedes (columnist and former editor of The Daily Telegraph):

It was a life, when we think about it, of extraordinary contrasts. There were the troughs of despair. There were also peaks of delight. There were times when she appeared publicly to be inflicting wounds on herself. There were moments when she seemed sublime. That is why the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, was such an intriguing life ... and that is what makes this life worth close study.

Nothwithstanding all that has been written about her and the pictures taken in all her moods, there remained a faint aura of mystery about her. There were facets of her life we shall never fully comprehend ...

Product Details

• Hardcover: 118 pages
• Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Pubns (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0333734742
• ISBN-13: 978-0333734742
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #527,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Royalty > Princess Diana

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a fantastic book., November 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Diana Remembered 1961-1997 (Diana Princess of Wales) (Hardcover)

This is a book which I truly liked for many, many reasons. First, for all die-hard Diana fans, like myself, it covers every aspect of her life. Second, there are are selections about Diana, Princess of Wales, which are not long, but get to the point. Third, each story is accompanied by beautiful pictures of Diana. Last, but probably best of all, the book was put together by people who covered her services and, unlike so many others, donated all royalties from the sales of the book to the DIANA MEMORIAL APPEAL.

"W. F. Deedes has had a long association with the DAILY TELEGRAPH as writer, columnist and former editor, and was a personal friend of the Princess."

"The contributors of this book Sandra Barwick, Caroline Davies, Elizabeth Grice and Colin Randall are all senior staff journalists on the DAILY TELEGRAPH and were part of the reporting team covering the events in the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales."

I shall close with a few of my favorite quotaions from the book. "Her beauty was her triumph, her mark of courage and her ability to accommodate her own sorrows. That, instinctively and perhaps subconciously, is why people loved her: because she had come throught and in the process had grown into someone quite different and much larger than the person she had been before. In some ways some of us have never recognised before, we loved her." ADAM NICHOLSON in the TELEGRAPH. page 117.

"You could not do my work and I could not do yours. We are both working for God. Let us both do something beautiful for Him." MOTHER TERESA page 118.

"I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for sick children and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be." DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, page 118.

"If I should die and leave you here awhile,/ Be not like others, sore undone who keep/ Long vigils by the silent dust and weep./ For my sake - turn again to life and smile,/ Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do/ Something to comfort other hearts than thine/ Complete those dear unfinished tasks of mine/ And I, perchance, may therein comfort you."/ A poem by A. PRICE HUGHES which was read at Diana's funeral by her sister LADY SARAH McCORQUODALE. page 120.

This is a hardback book which consist of 120 pages and measures 9"x111/4".

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The live of Diana, Princess of Wales in pictures, March 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Diana Remembered 1961-1997 (Diana Princess of Wales) (Hardcover)

This book is filled with many large color photos showing the happy times in the life of the Princess of Wales. For true blue Diana fans the pictures have all been seen before but are of high quality and worth seeing again. The text is done so that every part of her life is looked at ( even her final resting place ). None of the writtings are very long and all done by different writters who knew and liked her. The book ends with qutoes about Diana, some even made by herself.
Overall this a good book, one that any Diana fan would like to own. It should also be noted that all royalties from the book go to the Diana Memorial Appeal which helps victims of anti-personnel mines( a cause she loved to help).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some good photos, interesting reading material, July 31, 2001

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A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diana Remembered 1961-1997 (Diana Princess of Wales) (Hardcover)

It's been a while since I've read it but the preceding reviews seem to tell it like I remember the book being. You read some reporters reminiscing about Diana, especially towards the last, and you see some good photos.