The Diamond Queen: Elizabeth and her People

Macmillan, London, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Preface and acknowledgements, notes, selected bibliography, picture acknowledgements and index. Right red coloured endpages. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs in three sections, of eight pages each. Black coloured boards white coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with pale yellow coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour photograph of author to the rear panel. In the year that Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, the author turned " ... his attention to the monarch – and to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of the state, which is largely hidden from the public gaze, and making a strong case for the institution itself." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Minor rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners with a small bump to the lower edge of the front panel. Little creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], X - XI, [4], 2 - 418 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Politics & Government; Royalty; Britain/UK; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 023074852X. ISBN/EAN: 9780230748521. Inventory No: 0125582. . 9780230748521