Power and Glory

Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty

Alexander Larman

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
25 June 2024

Biography: royalty

Power and Glory brings us to the dramatic conclusion of Larman's 'Windsors trilogy'.

It begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery, and ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. In between, it depicts a monarchy - and a country - struggling to cope with the aftermath of World War Two, in an era where old certainties have been replaced by the rise of a new, uncertain world, and where love, tragedy and modernity battle for supremacy.

The book draws on extensive unpublished correspondence between major members of the Royal Family including George VI, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Windsor, the Prime Ministers Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill, and previously unseen diaries and memoranda from courtiers, personal secretaries and leading politicians, exploring everything from the King's declining health to the (often negative) reactions to Elizabeth's marriage to Prince Philip and Coronation.

Power and Glory features the same intricately researched and incisively written account of Britain's most famous family as Larman's previous books, but on an epic international scale. It covers everything from the end of British rule in India to the foundation of the United Nations, and the crucial role that monarchy played in the ever-shifting era - as well, naturally, as the way in which the Duke and Duchess of Windsor attempted to return to relevance, whatever the cost might be to the wider Royal Family.

By: Alexander Larman
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9781399615525
ISBN 10: 1399615521
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 25 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alexander Larman is the author of several books, most recently The Crown In Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication. He is books editor of the Spectator's world edition and is a contributing editor to The Critic magazine. He has a monthly book review column in the Observer and writes regularly about literature and the arts for publications including Prospect, The Chap and the Daily Telegraph.

Reviews for Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty

Appreciative but not sycophantic . . . Immaculately sourced . . .The rebirth of royalty was the foundation of something which, for a long while, was substantial and worthwhile -- Stephen Bayley * Spectator * A fascinating exploration of the activities, relationships and emotions of the British royal family and parliamentary leaders in the post-war years of the forties and fifties. If you want to better understand England and the English people, read this book -- Sir Patrick Stewart Modern royal history at its best - clear, unsentimental, authoritative, captivating. The struggles of the post-war monarchy and the dawn of Elizabeth II's reign are told with the perfect amount of detail -- Gareth Russell * author of The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court *