{"product_id":"a-voyage-around-the-queen-by-craig-brown","title":"A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 ... 'GENIUS'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR for the SPECTATOR, MAIL ON SUNDAY, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY EXPRESS and THE TABLET.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom one of the funniest writers of our time, the award-winning author of One Two Three Four and Ma'am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an unforgettable and fascinating biography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A crown jewel among royal biographies' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Extraordinarily original, enlightening and fresh' SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Absolutely fascinating' Ruth Langsford, LOOSE WOMEN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A very unusual masterpiece' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly funny and well-researched' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of her annex; Jimi Hendrix played her tune; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her; Andy Warhol envied her fame; Donald Trump offended her; E.M. Forster confessed he would have married her, if only she had been a boy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQueen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived. When people spoke of her, they spoke of themselves; when they dreamed of her, they dreamed of themselves. She mirrored their hopes and anxieties. To the optimist, she seemed an optimist; to the pessimist, a pessimist; to the awestruck, charismatic; and to the cynical, humdrum. Though by nature reserved and unassuming, her presence could fill presidents and rock gods with terror. For close to a century, she inhabited the psyche of a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining biography, essays, cultural history, dream diaries, travelogue and satire, the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most public yet private of sovereigns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An unconventional tribute that offers a snapshot of almost a century of social history with a mix of royal insanity, and superior anecdotes, from farts and corgis to Paul McCartney and poets laureate' THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2024\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An enthralling reverie on memory, identity, coincidence and meaning - testing, teasing, charming, moving and deceptively wise' RORY STEWART\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An entertaining and revealing digest ... fascinating ... Craig Brown has captured something essential about Britain's curious relationship with royalty' TLS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Completely and utterly brilliant and exquisitely funny and fascinating. This book is, dare I say, majestic. Craig Brown has no peers - I would curtsey to him if I met him' MARINA HYDE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Wonderfully readable ... At once sympathetic but clear-eyed, kind but sharp' NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Brown is as sharp and dryly funny as his subject' EVENING STANDARD\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'You wouldn't think the world needed another book about Queen Elizabeth - but how wrong you'd be. Craig Brown's wholly original and enthralling biography is absolute heaven from start to finish' INDIA KNIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Craig Brown continues to reinvent the art of biography... utterly fascinating' JASON COWLEY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCraig Brown's book One Two Three Four won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780008557508\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43440803971135,"sku":null,"price":22.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/409193482191.jpg?v=1782032510","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/a-voyage-around-the-queen-by-craig-brown","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}