William Shawcross
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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. A revelatory royal biography that is, as well, a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century.
Author
Series
Contemporary issues paper volume 1
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Description
viii, 106 pages : map ; 23 cm
Language
English
8) Dubcek
Author
Pub. Date
1970.
Physical Description
xvii, 317 pages, 16 plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Description
257 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the efforts of lawful nations to impose justice on those responsible for crimes against humanity and the limited success of international courts, and discusses the legal and ethical issues surrounding the status of Al Qaeda plotter Khaled Sheikh Mohammed.
"Since the Nuremberg Trials of 1945, lawful nations have struggled to impose justice around the world, especially when confronted by tyrannical and genocidal regimes. But in Cambodia, the...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
xx, 666 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
William Shawcross's official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published in September 2009, was a huge critical and commercial success. One of the great revelations of the book was Queen Elizabeth's insightful, witty private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as "wonderful ... brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness." Now, Shawcross has put together a selection of her letters, drawing...
