The diamond Queen
Subtitle: Elizabeth II and her people
By: Andrew Marr
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781445847153; 9781445847160
Subjects: Monarchy; Large type books; History; Politics and government
Description: Published alongside a flagship BBC television series to mark her Diamond Jubilee, this book is an account of The Queen's reign. With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers have come to expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention to the monarch - and to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of the state, which is largely hidden from the public gaze, and making a strong case for the institution itself. Arranged thematically, rather than chronologically, Marr dissects the Queen's political relationships, crucially those with her Prime Ministers; he examines her role as Head of the Commonwealth, and her deep commitment to that Commonwealth of nations; he looks at the drastic changes in the media since her accession in 1952 and how the monarchy - and the monarch - have had to change and adapt as a result. Indeed he argues that under her watchful eye, the monarchy has been thoroughly modernized and made as fit for purpose in the twenty-first century as it was when she came to the throne and a "new Elizabethan age" was ushered in.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London : Macmillan, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What the Queen does; title: Part one. Dynasty is destiny: How the British monarchy remade itself; title: Part two. Lilibet; title: Interlude. The Queen in the world; title: Part three. The Queen at work; title: Interlude. Britannia and the waves; title: Part four. Off with her head! The Queen in the sixties; title: Interlude. Money; title: Part five. Into the maelstrom; title: The future.