Results for: books tagged ‘Royal Family’
The Madness of George III: Alan Bennett
Rain Charm for the Duchy: Ted Hughes
In 1984 Ted Hughes was made Poet Laureate. Since then, he has fulfilled his duties by writing a number of poems celebrating important royal occasions. These are major works, calling ... More
The Queen: Peter Morgan
Peter Morgan's screenplay for Stephen Frears' acclaimed film brilliantly revisits the death of Princess Diana in August 1997 from the perspectives of HM Elizabeth II and newly elected Prime Minister ... More
The Further Adventures of the Queen Mum: Harry Hill
That night God explained to the Queen Mum that her work on Earth was not finished . . .You might think it all ended for the Queen Mum after she ... More
The Uncommon Reader: Alan Bennett
The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely ... More
12:23: Eoin McNamee
August 1997. As the century grinds to a close Diana Spencer and her Egyptian lover are to visit Paris. According to some accounts they will become engaged. According to some ... More
Rancid Pansies: James Hamilton-Paterson
The much-loved return of Gerald Samper, celebrity ghost writer and anti-hero of the wonderful Cooking with Fernet Branca, in a new farcical comedy. More
The Dust of Combat: Robert Bernard Martin
Charles Kingsley was born, appropriately enough, in the same year as Queen Victoria: appropriately, for he embodies so many of the positive aspects of that epoch. Into a comparatively short ... More
The Complete Book of Mothers-in-Law: Luisa Dillner
Look beyond the stereotype and find mothers-in-law of many varieties; from loveable and loyal to lonely, ferocious and scheming. More