The Queen's Life a Novel: The Fictional Autobiography of Queen Elizabeth II

Stephen Eastment

• Publisher: eBookIt.com
• ISBN:
  9781456608927
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Historical Fiction
• Index: Literature

The first fictional autobiographical novel of Queen Elizabeth II based on the latest historical research and true events. In 1952, at the young age of 26, Elizabeth II became one of the most powerful, famous and influential women of the twentieth century. Now after reigning for 60 years, in this fictional autobiography based on the latest historical research, the Queen looks back on her reign, from her birth during the tumultuous General Strike, her childhood in the royal court of George V, the shock of the Abdication Crisis and of her becoming heir to the throne, surviving the Second World War, her marriage and the sorrowful death of her father making her Queen at last.Queen Elizabeth II follows her reign from the glorious festivals of the Coronation, the problems of her sister's marriage, her worldwide and exotic tours, the upheaval and troubles of her children's marriages and Diana, to the joyful success of her Golden and Diamond Jubilees and her grandson William's marriage.

Table of contents

• eBook Cover
• Title Page
• AUTHOR’S NOTE
• CHAPTER ONE – My Life as Queen
• CHAPTER TWO - George V and Modernizing the Monarchy
• CHAPTER THREE - My Childhood
• CHAPTER FOUR - Uncle David’s Crisis
• CHAPTER FIVE - My Father Good King George
• CHAPTER SIX - My Father Becomes King
• CHAPTER SEVEN - Falling in Love with Philip
• CHAPTER EIGHT - The Second World War
• CHAPTER NINE - The End of the War and Going to South Africa
• CHAPTER TEN - My Wedding
• CHAPTER ELEVEN - The Death of My Father
• CHAPTER TWELVE - Becoming Queen
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN - The Coronation
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN - The Grand Tour around the World
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN - A Day in My Life
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Churchill
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Princess Margaret and Townsend
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - The Suez Canal Crisis
• CHAPTER NINETEEN - Criticizing the Monarchy  
• CHAPTER TWENTY - Visiting the United States
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE – The State Opening of Parliament
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO – The Marriage of Margaret and the Danger of Visiting Ghana
• CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - A Crisis of Choosing a Prime Minister
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - Harold Wilson and the Death of Churchill
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - Off with My Head
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Horses and the Beatles
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - The Problem of Rhodesia
• CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - Germany and Aberfan
• CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - The Royal Family Documentary
• CHAPTER THIRTY - My Palace Staff and Royal Finances
• CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - Edward Heath and the Seventies
• CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - Europe and Commonwealth and Idi Amin
• CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - The Divorce of Princess Margaret
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - Republicanism and Australia
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE - The Silver Jubilee
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX - The Assassination of Lord Mountbatten
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN - The Wedding of Charles and Diana
• CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - Intruders in the Palace
• CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE - Margaret Thatcher
• CHAPTER FORTY - Divorces in the Family
• CHAPTER FORTY-ONE - The Windsor Fire
• CHAPTER FORTY-TWO - The Death of Diana
• CHAPTER FORTY-THREE - The Funeral of Diana and Crisis for the Monarchy
• CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR - Tony Blair
• CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE - The Golden Jubilee
• CHAPTER FORTY-SIX - Charles and Camilla marry
• CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN - The Marriage of my Grandson
• CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT - The Past and the Future