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Sinead Fitzgibbon

The Queen: History in an Hour

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.
Elizabeth II is the longest lived and, after Queen Victoria, second longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. From her coronation in 1953 to her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Queen Elizabeth II has stood on the world stage as the figurehead for Britain.
The Queen: History in an Hour tells the story of the Queen Elizabeth II’s life and long reign, her royal duties, service during the Second World War, public perception and the transformation of the British Empire into the Commonwealth of Nations under her rule. In the Diamond Jubilee year this is essential reading for Royalists and Republicans alike.
Know your stuff: read about Queen Elizabeth II in just one hour.
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100 printed pages
Publication year
2012
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  • Xuraman Memmedovahas quoted4 years ago
    Displaying a keen survival instinct, which would continue to be a defining characteristic of the British monarchy to this day, George set about ‘Anglicizing’ his family. The only way to disassociate himself from his German ancestry, he decided, was to shed the family surname of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in favour of one which would be more pleasing to the British ear.
  • Xuraman Memmedovahas quoted4 years ago
    Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
  • Dyah Candrarinihas quoted4 years ago
    But, if there is anything at all to be learned from history, it is that things rarely go according to plan.

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