The Royal Family at War - Hardcover

Aronson, Theo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719550157 ISBN 13: 9780719550157

Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Describes the contributions to the war effort by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and the royal family

About this title

About the Author:

Theo Aronson is the author of over twenty works of royal historical biography, published in eleven languages. Among the widely read are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, and Napoleon and Josephine. In the course of researching and writing these books he has interviewed major and minor members of Britain’s royal family and members of the royal households, as well as various officials, servants, friends and others whose lives are in some way connected with the monarchy.

From Booklist:

Aronson can always be relied on to write engagingly about royalty. Here he follows what the members of the British royal family did during the trying years of World War II. Naturally his focus is on the most important royal figures of the day, King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth. George VI was the reluctant king, the younger brother who had apprehensively assumed the crown on the abdication of his older brother, the dashing Edward VIII, only three years before the outbreak of war. The new king's wife was the perky little duchess of York, who, on her husband's ascension to the throne, became the captivating, charming Queen Elizabeth (who is now the captivating, charming Queen Mother). The war years were ironically the couple's finest hour; they came to splendidly symbolize the we-won't-give-in attitude of the British people toward German aggression. And Aronson broadens the picture beyond the king and queen to include the wartime activities of their daughters, of the king's mother (the consummately regal Queen Mary), and of the king's siblings and their children. Dedication to duty is the image projected here, in a book recommended for popular history buffs. Brad Hooper

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0719550157
• ISBN 13: 9780719550157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256