Elizabeth II (Penguin Monarchs)
The Steadfast

This short book is a really good introduction to Queen Elizabeth's life and the workings a modern monarchy. It is such a short book, though, that it cannot really be anything else but a quick and superficial overview. As part of a series about Britain's monarchs it doesn't want to be anything else. If......more

"...บรรยากาศของฝูงชนมีอารมณ์โล่งอกที่ได้เห็นสมเด็จพระราชินีนาถเสด็จฯกลับพระราชวัง เวลานี้ไม่ใช่เวลาที่ประชาชนจะโห่ร้องต้อนรับเสด็จ แต่วินาทีที่จับบรรยากาศได้ถูกต้องคือ เมื่อมีสุภาพสตรีนางหนึ่งทูลเกล้าฯ ถวายดอกไม้ช่อหนึ่งแด่สมเด็จพระราชินีนาถ พระองค์รับสั่งว่าจะนำดอกไม้ช่อนั้นไปวางรวมกับดอกไม้อื่น ๆ......more

This one did not really work for me. I had assumed it would be an introduction/overview, but with interesting and entertaining insights. It was neither very interesting nor entertaining. Hurd goes through the Queen's life very superficially, which of course is to be expected to some extent, except fo......more

The "Penguin Monarchs" is a fantastic series for those wishing to get an overview of the reigns of the various kings and queens, many of whom have been overlooked by all but the most dedicated scholars. This book, based as it is on the current Queen, differs in someways, by looking at themes of the......more

I didn’t like this as much as the other Penguin Monarch books I’ve read. Mostly because it wasn’t chronological, but more a collection of anekdotes and facts on Elizabeth II.......more