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Queen Mary

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Queen Mary
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Pope-Hennessy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:704
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 131
Category/GenreHistory
ISBN/Barcode 9781529355031
ClassificationsDewey:941.083092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date 10 January 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - with a new foreword by Hugo Vickers. When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a Queen Consort. Queen Mary's life, contrary to popular belief, was essentially dramatic, and she played a far more important and influential role in the affairs of the British monarchy than her public image might have otherwise suggested. Using material from the Royal Archives, private papers and Queen Mary's personal diaries and letters, Pope-Hennessy's biography was a remarkable portrait of a remarkable woman and received rave reviews across the press. Long out of print, this new edition of Queen Mary will be accompanied by a new foreword from royal biographer and writer Hugo Vickers.

Author Biography

James Pope-Hennessy was a British biographer and travel writer. His books included London Fabric (for which he was awarded the Hawthornden Prize), Sins of the Fathers (an account of the Atlantic slave traffickers), Anthony Trollope and Queen Victoria at Windsor and Balmoral. He died in 1974.