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Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown (Hardcover, 2017)
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The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown. A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' Observer She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando clam up. She cold-shouldered Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. John Fowles hoped to keep her as his sex-slave. Dudley Moore propositioned her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies he confided to a friend, they would take me to the Tower of London and chop off my head! Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950's heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy, and tragedy as pantomime. It is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues and essays, Ma'am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society. 'Brown has been our best parodist and satirist for decades now ... Ma'am Darling is, as you would expect, very funny; also, full of quirky facts and genial footnotes. Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books and documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity. He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes, GuardianProduct Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780008203610
eBay Product ID (ePID)238776528
Product Key Features
Publication Year2017
Book TitleMa'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Number of Pages432 Pages
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorCraig Brown
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight690 g
Item Width159 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 13 Aug, 2020Most favourable review
Great read
Really enjoyable read from the great writer and author Craig Brown. Delightful insights into the privileged and strange world of Princess MargaretVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Mar, 2018Most critical review
Painful snob
Margaret lived her hedonistic life in the shadow of her older sister and it showed. Craig Brown's book is interesting in parts but primarily it merely titivates. Essentially, it's as vacuous as the lady herself. I paid less than £8 for my copy post free and unread. That's just about what it's worth at this point in time - another year and you'll pick one up for less than half. Considering the book retails for £16.99, the numbnuts who expect to sell their used copies for £14 and more will have a long wait!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Nov, 2017
Princess Margaret
I have not read this book because I bought it as a gift for someone else and it is now all wrapped up and ready to send.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 04 Dec, 2019
Dreadful woman, great writing
She was a dreadful woman. I have no excuse for reading this (except Craig Brown is a brilliant writer) I'm really ashamed of myself for enjoying it. Will donate to the charity shop as soon as I've finished it, don't want to have it in the house in case anybody sees it and thinks I read books like this. I don't, obviously.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Aug, 2019
Great read!
Wonderful book about the life of Princess Margaret! A great read for royal fans.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 May, 2019
Quick dispatch, interesting read!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Jul, 2018
well written but not to my taste
It's a bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 Jun, 2020
Never a queen
Great book enjoyed reading it thanksVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Nov, 2017
Ma'am Darling '
Fairly dull read. Disappointing!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 04 Nov, 2020
Marvellous madam
Very readable, pickupable bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
