{"product_id":"q-a-voyage-around-the-queen-paperback","title":"Q: A Voyage Around the Queen - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (Top 10) \u003ci\u003e- The Washington Post - The Guardian - The Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003ci\u003e- Vox - New Statesman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of the Secret Annex; Jimi Hendrix played her tune; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her; Andy Warhol envied her fame; Donald Trump offended her; E. M. Forster confessed he would have married her, if only she had been a boy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQueen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived. When people spoke of her, they spoke of themselves; when they dreamed of her, they dreamed of themselves. She mirrored their hopes and anxieties. To the optimist, she seemed an optimist; to the pessimist, a pessimist; to the awestruck, charismatic; and to the cynical, humdrum. Though by nature reserved and unassuming, her presence in a room could make presidents, tycoons, and rock stars turn back into the nervous children they once were. For close to a century, she inhabited the psyche of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining biography, essay, cultural history, dream diary, travelog, and satire, Craig Brown--the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNinety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHello Goodbye Hello\u003c\/i\u003e--presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most public yet most private of sovereigns in\u003ci\u003e Q: A Voyage Around the Queen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003e150 Glimpses of the Beatles\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and \u003ci\u003e99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Biography and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His first article appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e in 1978. Since then, he has written for many newspapers and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written the parodic celebrity diary for \u003ci\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/i\u003e for more than thirty years. He lives in Suffolk and Bloomsbury with his wife, Frances Welch; they have two children and a grandchild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.27 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978268967213,"sku":"9781250397652","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MxM3a1DKnl9781250397652.webp?v=1775801368","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/q-a-voyage-around-the-queen-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}