Debrett's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Hardcover

Librarians wishing to fill out their modern British history section with a good, tidy, pleasant biographical overview of the life--long life, that is--of the late Queen Mother, undoubtedly one of the most popular members of the royal family in recent memory, would do well to consider this attractive, oversize book. Garner's experience is in court reporting for the press, and her book comes with the imprimatur of Debrett, the distinguished publisher of the authoritative reference books on royalty and nobility. With sprightly, cogently informative text and ample photographs in full color and black and white, the author escorts readers through the major phases in the Queen Mother's life: birth into Scottish nobility; marriage to the second son of George V and Queen Mary; her and her husband's elevation to the throne upon the abdication of his older brother, Edward VIII; the new king and queen's inspiring devotion to duty during World War II; and the Queen Mother's long widowhood filled with continued good work for the monarchy. Brad Hooper
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