Бремя престола: Восшествие Елизаветы II и рождение новой монархии

Zaklyuchytelnaya chast khronyky brytanskoy korolevskoy semy ot ystoryka Aleksandra Larmana v knyge Bremya prestola: Vosshestvye Elyzavety II y rozhdenye novoy monarkhyy»!AnnotatsyyaVtoraya myrovaya voyna pozady, odnako dlya korolevskoy semy nastupayut samye temnye vremena. Strana razorena, Georg VI tyazhelo bolen, a na polytycheskoy arene razvorachyvaetsya zhestokaya borba. V etot krytycheskyy moment sudba ymperyy lozhytsya na plechy 25-letney Elyzavety. Kak molodoy prynts Fylypp borolsya s Uynstonom Cherchyllem za pravo dat detyam svoyu famylyyu? Kakym obrazom 18 neparnykh sereg na pole dlya golfa staly ulykoy v samom nelovkom rassledovanyy Skotlend-Yarda? Kakye ubyystvennye sekrety khranyly «Marburgskye fayly»? Pered vamy ne prosto blestyashchee ystorycheskoe yssledovanye Aleksandra Larmana, a nastoyashchyy dokumentalnyy tryller o dolge, pronzytelnyy rekvyem po staroy Brytanyy y gymn zhenshchyne, che 70-letnee pravlenye nachalos posredy khaosa, no navsegda yzmenylo myr. O knyge• Ystoryya samoy yzvestnoy anglyyskoy korolevy y mnogogrannoe polotno poslevoennoy Evropy. • Zakhvatyvayushchaya lychnaya drama na fone globalnykh polytycheskykh sobytyy, yzlozhennaya uvlekatelnym, mestamy yronychnym yazykom. • Nepredvzyatoe yssledovanye, osnovannoe na mnogochyslennykh ystochnykakh, mnogye yz kotorykh byly rassekrecheny lysh nedavno, a nekotorye obnarodovany vpervye. • Zhyvoy portret neodnoznachnykh ystorycheskykh personazhey. • «Bremya prestola» dopolnyaet vyshedshye ranee knygy avtora «Kryzys korony: Lyubov y krakh brytanskoy monarkhyy» y «Vyndzory y voyna: Tragedyya korolevskoy semy». Vse knygy mozhno chytat otdelno. • Aleksandr Larman — brytanskyy pysatel, zhurnalyst, ystoryk, lyteraturnyy redaktor gazety The Spectator World. Yzvestnyy spetsyalyst po anglyyskoy ystoryy, avtor ryada ystorycheskykh byografyy, v tom chysle byografyy lorda Bayrona y Eduarda VIII. • Tverdaya oblozhka s taktylnym pokrytyem soft-tach ukrashena tysnenyem y zolotoy folgoy. «Ystoryya korolevskoy semy v luchshem vyde — podrobnaya, nesentymentalnaya, zakhvatyvayushchaya. Vyzovy poslevoennoy monarkhyy y nachalo pravlenyya Elyzavety II opysany s prekrasnym kolychestvom detaley», — Garret Rassell, avtor knygy «Dvorets: ot Tyudorov do Vyndzorov, 500 let brytanskoy ystoryy v Khempton-Korte»«Opyrayas na dnevnyky y memuary chlenov korolevskoy semy y ykh svyty, Larman sozdaet pronzytelnoe yssledovanye lychnogo y polytycheskogo. Lyubytely brytanskoy ystoryy ostanutsya dovolny dostoynoy zaklyuchytelnoy chastyu», — Publisher's Weekly«Bremya prestola: Vosshestvye Elyzavety II y rozhdenye novoy monarkhyy» — knyga v podarok dlya lyubyteley myrovoy ystoryy y byografyy yzvestnykh lychnostey, a takzhe poklonnykov seryalov «Korona» y «Abbatstvo Daunton» y takykh knyg po ystoryy Anglyy, kak «Dom Vyndzorov: Pravda y vymysel o zhyzny korolevskoy semy» Tyny Braun, «Ystoryya Anglyy» Andre Morua, «Uynston Cherchyll: Ego epokha, ego prestuplenyya» Taryka Aly, «Kratkaya ystoryya Anglyy» Saymona Dzhenkynsa y «Anglyya: Novaya epokha. Ystoryya korolevstva v KhKh–XXI vekakh» Pytera Akroyda.

The final part of the chronicle of the British royal family from historian Alexander Larman in the book The Burden of the throne: The Ascension of Elizabeth II and the Birth of a new Monarchy!The Second World War is over, but the darkest times are coming for the royal family. The country is devastated, George VI is seriously ill, and a fierce struggle is unfolding in the political arena. At this critical moment, the fate of the empire rests on the shoulders of 25-year-old Elizabeth. How did the young Prince Philip fight with Winston Churchill for the right to give his children his last name? How did 18 mismatched earrings on a golf course become evidence in Scotland Yard's most embarrassing investigation? What murderous secrets did the Marburg Files keep? This is not just a brilliant historical study by Alexander Larman, but a true documentary thriller about duty, a poignant requiem for old Britain and a hymn to a woman whose 70-year reign began in the midst of chaos, but changed the world forever. About the book• The story of the most famous English queen and the multifaceted canvas of post-war Europe. • An exciting personal drama set against the backdrop of global political events, presented in fascinating, sometimes ironic language. • An unbiased study based on numerous sources, many of which have only recently been declassified, and some have been made public for the first time. • Live portrait of controversial historical characters. • "The Burden of the Throne" complements the author's previously published books "The Crisis of the Crown: Love and the Collapse of the British Monarchy" and "The Windsors and the War: The Tragedy of the Royal Family." All books can be read separately. Alexander Larman is a British writer, journalist, historian, and literary editor of The Spectator World newspaper. A renowned expert on English history, the author of a number of historical biographies, including biographies of Lord Byron and Edward VIII. • The soft-touch tactile hard cover is decorated with embossed and gold foil. "The history of the royal family at its best is detailed, unsentimental, and fascinating. The challenges of the post—war monarchy and the beginning of Elizabeth II's reign are described in great detail," Garrett Russell, author of The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court,"Drawing on the diaries and memoirs of members of the royal family and their entourage, Larman creates a poignant study of the personal and political. Fans of British history will be pleased with the worthy final part." — Publisher's Weekly"The Burden of the Throne: The Ascension of Elizabeth II and the Birth of a New Monarchy" is a gift book for fans of world history and biographies of famous personalities, as well as fans of the TV series "The Crown" and "Downton Abbey" and such books on the history of England as "The House of Windsor: Truth and Fiction about the Life of the Royal Family" by Tina Brown, "A History of England" by Andre Mauroy, "Winston Churchill: His Era, His Crimes" by Tariq Ali, "A Brief History of England" by Simon Jenkins and "England: A New Era. The History of the Kingdom in the XX–XXI centuries" by Peter Ackroyd.