Elizabeth R: A Biography

by Elizabeth Longford

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Genres: Royalty, History, Biography

496 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1984

About the author

Elizabeth (Harman) Pakenham, Countess of Longford, CBE was born on 30 August 1906. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Bishop Harman. She married Sir Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, KG, PC, son of Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford and Lady Mary Julia Child-Villiers, on 3 November 1931. She died on 23 October 2002.
Her married name became Pakenham.

The Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography was established in 2003 in memory of Elizabeth Longford (1906-2002), the British author, biographer and historian. The £5,000 prize is awarded annually for a historical biography published in the preceding year. The Elizabeth Longford Prize is sponsored by Flora Fraser and Peter Soros and administered by the Society of Authors.

Reviews

[Kirsten · Rating 4 out of 5]

A histry f Elizabeth II's reign.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Conveyed almost exclusively in coy asides for large stretches of the narrative, which was very wearying, but still quite solid. The beginning was better than the latter three quarters.

[Darren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting although seemed a little bias in parts toward Her Majesty. I skipped over the entire chapter about the horse breeding and racing though. Big part of her life but was way too technical. I learned a lot about our monarchy and the duties.