Author: Craig Brown
Publisher: Fourth Estate
ISBN: 9780008203634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An original, memorable and substantial achievement' TLS'A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday'I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' ObserverShe made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando clam up. She cold-shouldered Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. John Fowles hoped to keep her as his sex-slave. Dudley Moore propositioned her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. "If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies" he confided to a friend, "they would take me to the Tower of London and chop off my head!" Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950's heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy, and tragedy as pantomime. It is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues and essays, Ma'am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society. 'Brown has been our best parodist and satirist for decades now ... Ma'am Darling is, as you would expect, very funny; also, full of quirky facts and genial footnotes. Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books and documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity. He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes, Guardian
Ma'am Darling
Author: Craig Brown
Publisher: Fourth Estate
ISBN: 9780008203634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An original, memorable and substantial achievement' TLS'A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday'I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' ObserverShe made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando clam up. She cold-shouldered Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. John Fowles hoped to keep her as his sex-slave. Dudley Moore propositioned her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. "If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies" he confided to a friend, "they would take me to the Tower of London and chop off my head!" Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950's heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy, and tragedy as pantomime. It is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues and essays, Ma'am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society. 'Brown has been our best parodist and satirist for decades now ... Ma'am Darling is, as you would expect, very funny; also, full of quirky facts and genial footnotes. Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books and documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity. He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes, Guardian
Publisher: Fourth Estate
ISBN: 9780008203634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An original, memorable and substantial achievement' TLS'A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday'I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' ObserverShe made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando clam up. She cold-shouldered Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. John Fowles hoped to keep her as his sex-slave. Dudley Moore propositioned her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. "If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies" he confided to a friend, "they would take me to the Tower of London and chop off my head!" Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950's heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy, and tragedy as pantomime. It is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues and essays, Ma'am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society. 'Brown has been our best parodist and satirist for decades now ... Ma'am Darling is, as you would expect, very funny; also, full of quirky facts and genial footnotes. Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books and documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity. He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes, Guardian
The Princess and the Peas and Carrots
Author: Harriet Ziefert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781609052508
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As her parents learn to how manage their daughter's persnickety ways, a little girl also comes to understand the royal reason that she is so fussy. Full color.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781609052508
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As her parents learn to how manage their daughter's persnickety ways, a little girl also comes to understand the royal reason that she is so fussy. Full color.
Prince Be Careful: Concubine is Prickly
Author: Ye Guaiguai
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648571549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 955
Book Description
If love could be betrayed, then it was only because the love was not deep enough! When revenge comes, do you have to change your original plan? His former lover was now his enemy! How can you talk about our country under heaven when you're bathing in blood ... Inside and outside the palace walls, my heart leaves you a blank space. [If you are familiar with the art, I will do it myself ...]
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648571549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 955
Book Description
If love could be betrayed, then it was only because the love was not deep enough! When revenge comes, do you have to change your original plan? His former lover was now his enemy! How can you talk about our country under heaven when you're bathing in blood ... Inside and outside the palace walls, my heart leaves you a blank space. [If you are familiar with the art, I will do it myself ...]
Princess
Author: Gaelen Foley
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307416429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Dear Reader, I'm so proud to introduce Gaelen Foley, a captivating new writer who will sweep you away with this unforgettable story of forbidden love and wondrous destiny. Darius Santiago is the King's most trusted man, a master spy and assassin. He is handsome, charming, ruthless, and he has one weakness--the stunning Princess Serafina. She is all he has ever wanted and everything he cannot have. Serafina has worshipped Darius from afar her whole life, knowing that deep in the reaches of her soul, where she is not royalty but a flesh and blood woman, she belongs to this dangerous, untouchable man. Unable to suppress their desire any longer, they are swept into a daring dance of passion destined to consume them both until a deadly enemy threatens to destroy their new love. PRINCESS is historical romance at its best--full of adventure, intrigue, and pageantry--from an amazingly talented new author whose storytelling career is just beginning. . . . Enjoy! Shauna Summers Senior Editor The Ballantine Publishing Group
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307416429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Dear Reader, I'm so proud to introduce Gaelen Foley, a captivating new writer who will sweep you away with this unforgettable story of forbidden love and wondrous destiny. Darius Santiago is the King's most trusted man, a master spy and assassin. He is handsome, charming, ruthless, and he has one weakness--the stunning Princess Serafina. She is all he has ever wanted and everything he cannot have. Serafina has worshipped Darius from afar her whole life, knowing that deep in the reaches of her soul, where she is not royalty but a flesh and blood woman, she belongs to this dangerous, untouchable man. Unable to suppress their desire any longer, they are swept into a daring dance of passion destined to consume them both until a deadly enemy threatens to destroy their new love. PRINCESS is historical romance at its best--full of adventure, intrigue, and pageantry--from an amazingly talented new author whose storytelling career is just beginning. . . . Enjoy! Shauna Summers Senior Editor The Ballantine Publishing Group
Princess Amy
Author: Melinda Pollowitz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780553203288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780553203288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Princess and the Pony
Author: Kate Beaton
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545637090
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Introducing Kate Beaton, a major new picture book talent, and author/illustrator of #1 New York Times bestseller Hark! A Vagrant! Princess Pinecone knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year. A BIG horse. A STRONG horse. A horse fit for a WARRIOR PRINCESS! But when the day arrives, she doesn't quite get the horse of her dreams...From the artist behind the comic phenomenon Hark! A Vagrant, The Princess and the Pony is a laugh-out-loud story of brave warriors, big surprises, and falling in love with one unforgettable little pony.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545637090
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Introducing Kate Beaton, a major new picture book talent, and author/illustrator of #1 New York Times bestseller Hark! A Vagrant! Princess Pinecone knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year. A BIG horse. A STRONG horse. A horse fit for a WARRIOR PRINCESS! But when the day arrives, she doesn't quite get the horse of her dreams...From the artist behind the comic phenomenon Hark! A Vagrant, The Princess and the Pony is a laugh-out-loud story of brave warriors, big surprises, and falling in love with one unforgettable little pony.
Under the Greenwood Tree
Author: Philip Trevor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Dear Prince Too Prickly
Author: Yelv Longge
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636457223
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
A simple and kind-hearted modern female doctor, Jiang Yue, was hanging on the door of her bridal chamber. His parents were too scum, his husband was too cruel, and his in-laws were too black-hearted. Jiang Yue angrily threw her hands on her waist: "Can't you still have some fun?" I want to leave! The man in black suddenly changed: He Li? Fine, take me with you!
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636457223
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
A simple and kind-hearted modern female doctor, Jiang Yue, was hanging on the door of her bridal chamber. His parents were too scum, his husband was too cruel, and his in-laws were too black-hearted. Jiang Yue angrily threw her hands on her waist: "Can't you still have some fun?" I want to leave! The man in black suddenly changed: He Li? Fine, take me with you!
Princess DisGrace 1: Princess DisGrace
Author: Lou Kuenzler
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407145118
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Princess Grace is anything but graceful. Her clumsiness gets her in all sorts of trouble. But now Grace is starting at Tall Towers Princess School - she can learn to be a proper princess at last! At her new school she must make new friends and learn the rules. Most importantly, she must pass her first test: she must learn to train her unicorn.
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407145118
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Princess Grace is anything but graceful. Her clumsiness gets her in all sorts of trouble. But now Grace is starting at Tall Towers Princess School - she can learn to be a proper princess at last! At her new school she must make new friends and learn the rules. Most importantly, she must pass her first test: she must learn to train her unicorn.
The Complete Language of Flowers
Author: S. Theresa Dietz
Publisher: Wellfleet
ISBN: 1577152832
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Complete Language of Flowers is a comprehensive and definitive dictionary/reference presenting the history, symbolic meaning, and visual depiction of 1,001 flowers and botanicals from around the world in one volume—now in a pocket-size edition for easy, on-the-go reference.
Publisher: Wellfleet
ISBN: 1577152832
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Complete Language of Flowers is a comprehensive and definitive dictionary/reference presenting the history, symbolic meaning, and visual depiction of 1,001 flowers and botanicals from around the world in one volume—now in a pocket-size edition for easy, on-the-go reference.