The Kings Speech, Peter Conradi
The Kings Speech, Peter Conradi
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The King's Speech
How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

Author: Peter Conradi, Mark Logue

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2011

Synopsis

The King's Speech was written by London Sunday Times journalist Peter Conradi and Mark Logue—grandson of Lionel Logue, whose recently discovered diaries and correspondence contain fascinating details about these true events.

At the urging of his wife, Elizabeth, the Duke of York (known to the royal family as "Bertie") began to see speech therapist Lionel Logue in a desperate bid to cure his lifelong stammer. Little did the two men know that this unlikely friendship—between a future monarch and a commoner born in Australia—would ultimately save the House of Windsor from collapse. Through intense locution and breathing lessons, the amiable Logue gave the shy young Duke the skills and the confidence to stand and deliver before a crowd. And when his elder brother, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry for love, Bertie was able to assume the reins of power as King George VI—just in time to help steer the nation through the dark waters of the Second World War.

About Peter Conradi

Peter Conradi is a veteran journalist, an editor for the Sunday Times, and the author of several popular biographies, including the critically acclaimed Hitler's Piano Player. He is also the author of The Red Ripper and Mad Vlad.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nandakishore on August 23, 2020

I have come to that stage in my reading life where I don't persist with a book simply to finish it. So I am leaving this one 40% of the way through. It is not a bad book. I came to this from the popular movie: and for a change, found that it was written AFTER the film. But it's not a novelisation of......more

Goodreads review by Megan on December 03, 2014

Have you seen the movie with Colin Firth? Okay then. Well, that's that review done! Okay, I'm mostly kidding. And actually, the book is a bit different from the movie, but for reasons that I can entirely understand. However, in the series of incidents, they are very close, although Geoffrey Rush cert......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on February 07, 2014

Book on CD read by Simon Vance 3.5*** Subtitled: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but Lionel Logue certainly seemed to have saved at least one monarch. At the urging of his wife Elizabeth, the Duke of York (known to the royal family as “Bertie”) began to see......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on June 01, 2019

I thought this was a very interesting book and it sparked an interest in me to know the Royal families more. Fortunately, my library has a few biographies of King George VI. Until I heard about the movie, which is very well done by the way, I did not know that the King of England had a speech impedim......more

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