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In this magisterial new resource, New York Times-Bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith brings alive among the world’s many enigmatic and intriguing ladies: Queen Elizabeth II. As soon as of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at age twenty five, Queen Elizabeth II hasbeen the item of unparalleled analysis. But through the haze of news and charisma, how well do we really understand the world’s most well-known monarch? Drawing on many interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith draws back the curtain to exhibit in personal detail the general public and personal lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who has brought her nation and Earth through the conflicts and upheavals of the final sixty years with unmatched composure, intelligence, and elegance.