3.7
Biografieën
A balanced account of game changes, conflicts and ambitions.
The fall from popular grace of the previously adulated brother of the heir to the British throne as a consequence of his marriage to a beautiful and dynamic Hollywood starlet of colour makes for fascinating reading in best-selling royal author Lady Colin Campbell's balanced account. Lady Colin knows her royal history and psychology, and as the first seven years of her adult life were spent in the USA she has a foot in both the American and British camps.
With unique breadth of insight she goes behind the scenes, speaking to friends, relations, courtiers, and colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic to reveal the most unexpected royal story since the Abdication. She highlights the dilemmas involved and the issues that lurk beneath the surface, as to why the couple decided to step down as senior royals. She analyses the implications of the actions of a young and ambitious couple, in love with each other and with the empowering lure of fame and fortune. She leads the reader through the maze of contradictions, revealing how Californian culture has influenced the couple's conduct. She exposes how they tried and failed to change the royal system by adapting it to their own needs and ambitions, and, upon failing, how they decided to create a new system altogether.
© 2020 W. F. Howes Ltd (Luisterboek): 9781004019670
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 6 augustus 2020
3.7
Biografieën
A balanced account of game changes, conflicts and ambitions.
The fall from popular grace of the previously adulated brother of the heir to the British throne as a consequence of his marriage to a beautiful and dynamic Hollywood starlet of colour makes for fascinating reading in best-selling royal author Lady Colin Campbell's balanced account. Lady Colin knows her royal history and psychology, and as the first seven years of her adult life were spent in the USA she has a foot in both the American and British camps.
With unique breadth of insight she goes behind the scenes, speaking to friends, relations, courtiers, and colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic to reveal the most unexpected royal story since the Abdication. She highlights the dilemmas involved and the issues that lurk beneath the surface, as to why the couple decided to step down as senior royals. She analyses the implications of the actions of a young and ambitious couple, in love with each other and with the empowering lure of fame and fortune. She leads the reader through the maze of contradictions, revealing how Californian culture has influenced the couple's conduct. She exposes how they tried and failed to change the royal system by adapting it to their own needs and ambitions, and, upon failing, how they decided to create a new system altogether.
© 2020 W. F. Howes Ltd (Luisterboek): 9781004019670
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 6 augustus 2020
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Seada
26 mei 2022
Saai. Boek bewierookt Meghan en Harry tot in het absurde. Een kritische opmerking hier en daar had geen kwaad gekund.
Maud
8 apr 2024
Lady C shows what Meghan and Harry are really about. Grifting, lying, always being a victim while they do nothing but hurting others. Excellent read/listen. I hope very much that the updated book that Lady C published a few days ago also becomes available here.
M
6 mei 2024
Door vele herhalingen supersaai. Erg subjectief en speculatief en schrijfster heeft overduidelijk zelf geen echte mentale uitdagingen gehad en vult veel zelf in. Ik vind het een wonder dat ik het hele boek heb afgeluisterd. Irritatie nam vooral laatste paar hoofdstukken behoorlijk toe, waarin ze de hoofdpersonen gewoon met de grond gelijk maakt. Wel prima voorgelezen.
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