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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown (English Edition) de [Anne Glenconner]

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**SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020**
**SUNDAY TIMES FAVOURITE PAPERBACKS OF 2020**

'The best royal book by miles . . . funny, gossipy and riveting'
JANE RIDLEY, SPECTATOR

'If your jaw doesn't drop at least three times every chapter, you've not been paying proper attention'
SUNDAY TIMES

'A captivating account of a life lived with resilience and grace'
DAILY MAIL

'The stoical Lady G writes with infectious joy and optimism'
DAILY EXPRESS

'The gossip is stupendous but it's also tremendously touching. It's one of those books that makes you long for bed so you can read more!'
JILLY COOPER

'I can't recommend it highly enough'
LORRAINE KELLY

'Gentle, wise, unpretentious, but above all inspiring'
THE TIMES

'A candid, witty and stylish memoir'
MIRANDA SEYMOUR, FINANCIAL TIMES

'Stalwart and disarmingly honest . . . emotion resonates through this delightful memoir'
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

'Discretion and honour emerge as the hallmarks of Glenconner's career as a royal servant, culminating in this book which manages to be both candid and kind'
GUARDIAN

'I couldn't put it down. Funny and touching - like looking through a keyhole at a lost world.'
RUPERT EVERETT

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The remarkable life of Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation. Anne Glenconner reveals the real events behind The Crown as well as her own life of drama, tragedy and courage, with the wonderful wit and extraordinary resilience which define her.

Anne Glenconner has been close to the Royal Family since childhood. Eldest child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, she was, as a daughter, described as 'the greatest disappointment' by her family as she was unable to inherit. Her childhood home Holkham Hall is one of the grandest estates in England. Bordering Sandringham the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were frequent playmates.

From Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation to Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret, Lady Glenconner is a unique witness to royal history, as well as an extraordinary survivor of a generation of aristocratic women trapped without inheritance and burdened with social expectations.

She married the charismatic but highly volatile Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner, who became the owner of Mustique. Together they turned the island into a paradise for the rich and famous, including Mick Jagger and David Bowie, and it became a favourite retreat for Princess Margaret.

But beneath the glitz and glamour there has also lurked tragedy. On Lord Glenconner's death in 2010 he left his fortune to a former employee. And of their five children, two grown-up sons died, while a third son had to be nursed back from a coma by Anne, after having suffered a near fatal accident.

Anne Glenconner writes with extraordinary wit, generosity and courage and she exposes what life was like in her gilded cage, revealing the role of her great friendship with Princess Margaret, and the freedom she can now finally enjoy in later life.

Longitud: 264 páginas	Word Wise: Activado	Tipografía mejorada: Activado
Volteo de página: Activado	Idioma: Inglés

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Lady Glenconner is now 88. She was born Lady Anne Coke in 1932, the eldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester, and growing up in their ancestral estate at Holkham Hall in Norfolk. A Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation, she married Lord Glenconner in 1956. They had 5 children together of whom 3 survive. In 1958 she and her husband began to transform the island of Mustique into a paradise for the rich and famous. They granted a plot of land to Princess Margaret who built her favourite home there. She was appointed Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret in 1971 and kept this role - accompanying her on many state occasions and foreign tours - until her death in 2002. Lord Glenconner died in 2010, leaving everything in his will to his former employee. She now lives in a farmhouse near Kings Lynn in Norfolk. --Este texto se refiere a una edición agotada o no disponible de este título.

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'Remarkable . . . If your jaw doesn't drop at least three times every chapter, you've not been paying proper attention' ― The Sunday Times

'A funny, sometimes tragic and disarmingly frank memoir . . . Lady in Waiting is gentle, wise, unpretentious, but above all inspiring' ― The Times

'A startling, rare, beguiling insight into a lost world of royalty and celebrity with as many tears as there are titles' ― Daily Express

'A candid, witty and stylish memoir' -- Miranda Seymour ― Financial Times

'Stalwart and disarmingly honest . . . emotion resonates through this delightful memoir' ― The Wall Street Journal

'[Lady in Waiting] has two things going for it: the first is that it is not what it seems; it is definitely not "a lavender sort of scented memoir" . . . Its other great strength is Glenconner herself' -- Hadley Freeman ― Guardian

'Funny, revelatory, poignant, occasionally jaw-dropping' ― Sunday Times

'A romp of an autobiography' ― The Times T2

'Sparkling, endearing and alarming' ― Times Literary Supplement

'The insider memoir of the year' -- Julian Glover ― Evening Standard --Este texto se refiere a una edición agotada o no disponible de este título.

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ASIN : B07QWTZDCG
Editorial : Hodder & Stoughton (17 octubre 2019)
Idioma : Inglés
Tamaño del archivo : 2080 KB
Texto a voz : Activado
Tipografía mejorada : Activado
X-Ray : Activado
Word Wise : Activado
Longitud de impresión : 264 páginas

Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº42,317 en Tienda Kindle (Ver el Top 100 en Tienda Kindle)
- nº344 en Biografías y autobiografías en inglés
- nº453 en Biografías y memorias en idiomas extranjeros
- nº497 en Historia en inglés

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Javier

La aburrida de los ricos

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Dama de compañia viviendo la vida de otra persona en lugar de la suya propia. Allá ella, lo eligió para codearse con la realeza

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Very interesting book by Princess Margaret's Lady in waiting.

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So much fun. It’ s a pleasure to read. I just loved it. And also it is modern history .

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Amanda

Personal insight into the life of an aristocrat.

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Recommended by a friend and did not fall short of expectations. It seems followers of The Crown would like it.

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As the title says - ‘extraordinary!

Revisado en Reino Unido el 21 de octubre de 2019

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This is an ‘extraordinary’ book about an ‘extraordinary’ lady! I loved it! It has got everything one might encounter in life, from the extreme pathos of the fate of her three oldest children (I encounter her son Christopher, from time to time, in the fabulous settings of the Palladian delight that is Holkham Hall - what a lovely, brave man to have emerged from his tragic accident in Central America!), to the extreme hedonism of her and her husband’s (the ‘mercurial Colin) lives in Mustique and St Lucia, and, of course, the circuit of the ‘rich and famous’. What I thought was particulate fascinating was Lady Anne’s lasting relationship with the Royals , and particularly Princess Margaret. I think you certainly see Princess Margaret in a different light. Fascinating! And what endurance and Stoicism Lady Anne demonstrated throughout her long life! It is certainly a life much removed from we ordinary mortals! Well done!

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Terribly, terribly sad

Revisado en Reino Unido el 23 de noviembre de 2019

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This is an incredibly gossipy, snobbish book about a ,thankfully, bygone age. Anyone carried away by the apparently charmed halls of Downton Abbey would do well to read this as an antidote. The ghastly dysfunctional life of people who honestly have everything makes dispiriting reading. Having been brought.up in these circles I'm only too aware of how the ridiculous constraints, mores, and manners of the times were. Two families joined to huge wealth and privilege managed to create a nightmare while wedded to the "stiff upper lip" and keeping up appearances which prevented them taking the proper steps to avoid tragedy. Bravo for attempting this task, Lady Glenconner, but honestly..

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Poignantly Beautiful Book

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I’ve just finished the last page of this beautifully written book and the tears are flowing. I’ve never left a review before but had to for this book. It’s written from the heart expressing a tumultuous life. Many up’s and many downs but with an ‘upbeat’ thread running through it. If you haven’t been to Holkham Hall, go, you won’t regret it. The marble entrance hall is so amazing it takes your breath away. I would 100% recommend this book

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Amazonlady

Unputdownable!

Revisado en Reino Unido el 21 de octubre de 2019

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“My Extraordinary Life” must be the under- statement of 2019.
What an incredible woman with an equally incredible tale to tell.
Told in the matter of fact manner of someone to whom these unusual experiences were a way of life. One of these happenings in a lifetime would be enough for most people.
Why bother with ludicrous, badly written soap operas when you can read the real thing!
I am really sorry I finished it so quickly.

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david henderson

I could not put it down

Revisado en Reino Unido el 26 de octubre de 2019

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Littered throughout this story of truly extraordinary events are an amazing number of insights into life and lessons for enduring difficulty. Lady Glenconner is a remarkable woman, not so much for her experiences, so many of which are so unusual, but for for her happy outlook, her warmth and her strength. I have never met her, but having read this wonderful book, she must be a person with a great sense of fun and she clearly has huge love for her friends and family. My only wish is that this book were longer; I hope she writes another.

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