Queen Elizabeth II: The remarkable life of our nation's most beloved monarch captured by 'the most knowledgeable...

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Hugo Vickers

Queen Elizabeth II

Name: Queen Elizabeth II
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ISBN: 9781529355208

The remarkable life of our nation's most beloved monarch captured by 'the most knowledgeable...

Hugo Vickers

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Hodder & Stoughton
14 April 2026

Biography: royalty; History; British & Irish history

Queen Elizabeth II occupies a unique place in the hearts of her people. She was elegant, self-contained, and enigmatic.

After a supremely happy childhood, gravitas descended with the death of her beloved grandfather and after the Abdication she accepted her destiny. When she was 21 in 1947, she made a promise to serve and kept it for a remarkable 75 years. She was steadfast and conciliatory and presided calmly over decades of change, political upheaval and family tragedy. Tommy Lascelles described her as 'the most remarkable woman' he had ever met.

Hugo Vickers has been described by the Financial Times as 'the most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet.' This major new biography is based on sixty years of close observation and research, and uses never-before-seen sources and personal recollections to illuminate her life as never before.

By: Hugo Vickers
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781529355208
ISBN 10: 1529355206
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 14 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Hugo Vickers is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and an acknowledged expert on the British Royal Family. He has written biographies of the Queen Mother, Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh, Princess Andrew of Greece and the Duchess of Windsor. His book The Kiss won the 1996 Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction. His recent bestsellers have included The Quest For Queen Mary and The Sphinx - the life of Gladys, the Duchess of Marlborough.

Reviews for Queen Elizabeth II: The remarkable life of our nation's most beloved monarch captured by 'the most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet' - Financial Times

'Based on six decades of close observation . . . the royal historian presents a portrait of the steadfast woman who long wore the crown.' * The Times * Royal historian Hugo Vickers brings together a lifetime's worth of anecdotes in this ""personal"" biography, which draws on 60 years' worth of research as well as never-before-seen sources. -- Telegraph