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The Queen: A Guide to Her Life & Times (Collector's Edition)
By BBC History magazine
English | PDF | 116 pages | 23 mb

When Elizabeth II was born in April 1926, Stanley Baldwin was prime minister, the General Strike was a few weeks away and the scars of the First World War were strongly evident in British society. Over the next 90 years, Britain experienced tremendous changes, but one thing has remained constant – the Queen, our longest-reigned and longest-lived monarch.
In this collector’s edition from BBC History Magazine, we’ve assembled a group of expert historians to explore the story of those nine decades – inside and outside the palace walls. You’ll discover the Queen’s journey from a young princess with no expectations of the crown, through her wartime service, marriage and family, to her recent jubilee triumphs. At the same time, we chart some of the transformations that have occurred in the country and the world at large. On some occasions, the Queen has been an important component of these historical events, such as the growth of the Commonwealth, whose story is chronicled in these pages.

CONTENTS
6 Opinion: Secrets of a sovereign’s success
Andrzej Olechnowicz reflects on the factors that have secured the Queen, like Victoria before her, such a long and successful reign
8 Timeline: The Queen
Victoria Arbiter outlines the key milestones in the monarch’s extraordinary life
THE MAKING OF A QUEEN
14 Young Elizabeth - Kate Williams charts the early years and upbringing of a princess who never expected to be queen
24 Philip: A life of duty and devotion - Sarah Gristwood discusses Elizabeth and Philip’s long union and the tricky job of a consort living life in the shadow of a queen
32 The coronation: Becoming queen - Hugh Costello looks behind the scenes of the 1953 coronation, a moment of colour and glamour in dreary postwar Britain
36 The Queen’s great predecessors - Tracy Borman considers who Elizabeth’s regal role models might be

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