{"title":"Andrew Morton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Morton\u003c\/strong\u003e specialises in intimate and revealing biographies that offer unique insights into the lives of public figures. His storytelling merges careful research with compelling narrative, inviting readers behind the public veneer to explore personal experiences and truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom royal lives to notable personalities, Morton's works balance detailed memoir with accessible prose, making complex histories resonate on a human level. 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This edition reflects on the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the original publication, and on the long-term legacy of Diana, the woman who helped reinvigorate the royal family, giving it a more emotional, human face, and thus helping it move forward into the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Distribution and Logistics Company (TDLC)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46739435978988,"sku":"9781789290448","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781789290448.jpg?v=1755495607"},{"product_id":"the-queen-by-andrew-morton-9781789294484","title":"The Queen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of \u003ci\u003eDiana, Her True Story\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElizabeth \u0026amp; Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, takes you behind the scenes to uncover the woman and her world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor years, she prayed for her mother to give birth to a son. She longed to be spared her destiny as Britain’s future Queen. Her dream was to live in the country surrounded by children, dogs, and horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Elizabeth did her duty, the young princess pledging before her people that she would dedicate her whole life to the service of Britain and the Commonwealth. She hoped that that day would be a long way off. It was not to be. Only twenty-five when she became Queen after the premature death of her father, King George VI, Elizabeth became the stuff of superlatives: \u003cb\u003ethe longest reigning\u003c\/b\u003e, most travelled and, for a shy woman, the Queen who shook more hands and made more small talk than \u003cb\u003eany other monarch in history\u003c\/b\u003e. She was seen and believed by millions, either in person, on television, or film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth was set firmly on the road to becoming sovereign because of the D word – divorce. In 1936, her uncle David, King Edward VIII, wanted to marry a twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson. When he couldn’t, he abdicated. After that national trauma, divorce and the fall-out from divorce shaped her reign. She witnessed her sister Margaret, three of her children, and several grandchildren divorce. And she lived long enough to see the wheel turn full circle, watching as another American divorcee, Meghan Markle, walked down the aisle with her grandson Prince Harry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile her reign was defined by divorce, her private life was moulded by an irascible husband, an extravagant mother, and a querulous eldest son. In the winter of her reign, she refereed a war between two of her grandsons, brothers William and Harry, who were once inseparable friends. 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