Books by William Shawcross
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English
review 1: I would have given this book 5 stars because I laughed and cried and learned more history and generally it was lovely. After the death of the King, the book descends into a telling of the Queen Mother's charitable causes, which became less interesting than her youth, marriage and...
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English
review 1: I read the official biography of the Queen Mother written by the editor of this book and really, really enjoyed it for the most part. As soon as I saw a book of her letters, I immediately grabbed it at the library and voraciously began reading it. The Queen Mother's letters rea...
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English
review 1: Parts of the book are intriguing; however, the book is far too long. The final four chapters are little more than lists of all the activities the Queen Mother took part in during her final years. By contrast, the first half of the book reads more like a social commentary on Eng...