Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780297853428
Format: Import
ISBN: 0297853422
Label: Orion Publishing Group
Manufacturer: Orion Publishing Group
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: July 31, 2007
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Sales Rank: 324167
Studio: Orion Publishing Group

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Rating: - Give This One a Miss
A compelling biography is usually characterized by two elements: good writing and an interesting subject. Unfortunately, this book is a little short on both fronts. Princess Margaret began life with every advantage--she had loving parents, an exalted position in society, material wealth, beauty, wit, and even musical talent. From a young age, she could be described as charming. But she was destined to become an "also ran" after her sister assumed the throne when she was only 21. She played off ... Read More

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Rating: - Dull treatment of exciting subject
I enjoy biography, but this one was heavy going. The author writes beautiful prose, his research is impressive, the footnotes identifying the dramatis personae are helpful, but the book bogs down in a seemingly endless account of the minutia of organizing Margaret's royal appearances while the arc of her relationships with her family, the public, and lovers is almost ignored. Her courtship, the birth of her children, her life in the Caribbean and the eventual breakdown of her marriage and health ... Read More

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Rating: - Thorough story of Princess Margaret
This is a thorough book about Princess Margaret's life. A life of struggles with moments of joy, just like most people's lives. This book shows that though she was royalty, life plagued her. She may not had to worry about many things that they average person did, but she still suffered. She found ways to cope and experience joy also. Good book.

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Rating: - An unsatisfied life
This is absolutely the very last book that I will ever read about Princess Margaret as I'm sure that I've read everything that could possibly been written about her and her life. What a poor, wretched,unhappy woman she was..spoilt dreadfully and therefore unable to feel any kind of satisfaction in her life. Idolized by her father as a child, she reacted with spoiled petulance to any form of discipline and managed to charm her way out of trouble with her mischievous sense of humour, but, always walking ... Read More

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