Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother, 1900-2002 : the queen mother and her century / Arthur Bousfield & Garry Toffoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bousfield, Arthur, author.

Toffoli, Garry, author.

Standardized Title:

Queen Mother and her century. 2002

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002.

Elizabeth.

Queens--Great Britain--Biography.

Queens.

Monarchy--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Monarchy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford, England : Dundurn Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Elizabeth provided inspired leadership for a society faced with the stark prospect of destruction in a war to save the world.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Chapter 1 - "CanadaMadeUs"; Chapter 2 - "I Call Myself the Princess Elizabeth"; Chapter 3 - "Everyone falls in love with her."; Chapter 4 - "With my wife and helpmeet by my side, I take up the heavy task which lies before me."; Chapter 5 - "I am going to travel around the world."; Chapter 6 - "My only wish is ... that I may ... continue the work we sought to do together"; Chapter 7 - "I love life, that is my secret. It is the exhilaration of others that keeps me going. Quite simply, it is the people who keep me up."

Chapter 8 - "I hope that sadness will blend with a wider sense of thanksgiving, not just for her life but for times in which she lived..."

Notes:

Originally published under title: The Queen Mother and her century.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2017).

ISBN:

1-281-96992-3

9786611969929

1-77070-118-4

1-4175-9812-3

OCLC:

699474546