The Quest for Queen Mary
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The Daily Telegraph
'Very funny and astute . . . a loathly feast for royal-watchers'
Hilary Mantel, New Statesman Books of the Year 2018
'A complete delight, conjuring up, with a few sharp strokes of the pen, a mad, exotic species from a…
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This is the hilarious account of an official biographer tracking down European royalty. They were the extended family of Queen Mary, the current queen’s grandmother. Pope-Hennessey had been commissioned to write the official biography of Mary, the wife of King George V. He talked to a full range of eccentrics who were either relations of Queen Mary, or knew her well. The behind-the-scenes gossip he was given, as well as the insight into the absurdities of having a royal family in a democratic country, are both priceless.
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