{"product_id":"9781529063455","title":"Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II","description":"\u003cp\u003eA definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the seventieth anniversary of her reign by a renowned royal biographer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShy but with a steely self-confidence; inscrutable despite ten decades in the public eye; unflappable; devout; indulgent; outwardly reserved, inwardly passionate; unsentimental; inquisitive; young at heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll of these describe Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned through more seismic social change than any monarch since 1066 (Charles I included). From the Abdication to the Sussexes, she has witnessed family crises on a scale not seen since the days of George III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet she is not merely hanging on. She is a 21st Century global phenomenon commanding unrivalled respect and affection. Sealed off during the greatest peacetime emergency of modern times, she has stuck to her own maxim: 'I must be seen to be believed.' And now she is preparing for an event without parallel since the reign of Louis XIV: her Platinum Jubilee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn February 6th, 2022 ,she marks 70 years on the Throne. Robert Hardman, the acclaimed and respected author of Her Majesty and Queen of the World has already examined the Queen as a modern monarch and her role as a stateswoman abroad. Now, he wraps up the full story of one of the undisputed greats in a thousand years of monarchy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardman distils Elizabeth's complex life in to a must-read study of dynastic survival and renewal. It is a portrait of a world leader who remains as intriguing today as the day she came to the Throne at age twenty-five.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith peerless access to members of the Royal Family, staff, friends and royal records, Queen of Our Times will bring fresh insights and scholarship on the modern royal story. There will be no more thorough, more readable, more original book on the record-breaking Elizabeth II as she reaches a landmark which, surely, can never be equaled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Robert+Hardman\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eRobert Hardman\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Robert Hardman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378626969763,"sku":"9781529063455","price":299.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529063455_11364650-bd2e-4902-8537-769052610315.jpg?v=1776562317","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781529063455","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}