{"product_id":"monarch-the-life-and-reign-of-elizabeth-ii","title":"Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II","description":"For more than fifty years, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor -- who became Elizabeth II, Queen of England on February 6, 1952 -- has been loved and loathed, revered and feared, applauded and criticized by her people. Still she endures as a captivating figure in the world's most durable symbol of political authority: the British monarchy. \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMonarch,\u003c\/i\u003e a meticulously detailed portrait of Elizabeth II as both a human being and an institution, bestselling author Robert Lacey brings the queen to life as never before: as baby \"Lilibet\" learning to wave to a crowd in the Royal Mews; as a child \"ardently praying for a brother\" so as to avoid her fate; as a young woman falling in love with and marrying her cousin Philip; and as the mother-in-law of the most complicated royal of all, Princess Diana.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpdated with new material to reflect the 2002 Golden Jubilee and the passing of the Queen Mum -- and featuring dozens of photographs, a family tree of the Hanoverian-Windsor-Mountbatten families, and a map that charts the location of royal castles -- \u003ci\u003eMonarch\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging, critical, and celebratory account of Elizabeth's half-century reign that no reader of popular history should be without.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42985502015568,"sku":"9780743236690B","price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/monarch-the-life-and-reign-of-elizabeth-ii","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}