19 Sep 09
The Queen Mother: The Official Biography
The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles-and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon-the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children-was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined that her long life (she died in 2002) would come to reflect a…