Majesty: Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor [Hardcover]

Robert Lacey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1977

A penetrating, readable biography of the first reigning Queen of England since Victoria, a favorite child of a proud nation to a strong, firmly intelligent monarch whose political savvy in crisis after crisis from the Suez crisis onward has imprinted her motto "reign, not rule" on 6 (at that time in 1977) successive governments. Lacey's biography is a brilliant portrayal of a royal family and their kingdom from the First World War, the "modern England" to present day.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 349 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt; 1st edition (March 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0151556849
• ISBN-13: 978-0151556847
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,283,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"It's all here," says Tom Brokaw " - Islam, the family tree, a sea of oil and money to match, palace intrigue and the place of Osama Bin Laden. This is high drama and an epic tale. Dazzling - on every level". Robert Lacey is an historian and biographer whose research has taken him from the Middle East ("The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Saud") to America's Mid-West ("Ford: the Men and the Machine"). "Majesty", his pioneering biography of Queen Elizabeth II, is the definitive study of British monarchy - a subject on which Robert lectures around the world, appearing regularly on ABC's Good Morning America and on CNN's Larry King Live. To research and write his latest book, "Inside the Kingdom", he went to live in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for three years. You can read more about Robert's new book - and also view his acclaimed TV film report for PBS NOW on Saudi extremists - on his website www.insidethekingdom.net