{"product_id":"diana-9780241980705","title":"Diana","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*20th anniversary edition featuring a new afterword*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlamour. Duty. Tragedy: The Woman Behind the Princess. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Bradford delivers an authoritative and explosive study of the greatest icon of the twentieth century: Diana.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter more than a decade interviewing those closest to the Princess and her select circle, Sarah Bradford exposes the real Diana: the blighted childhood, the old-fashioned courtship which saw her capture the Prince of Wales, the damage caused by the spectre of Camilla Parker Bowles, through to the collapse of the royal marriage and Diana''s final and complicated year as single woman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana\u003c\/i\u003e paints an honest portrait of a woman riddled with contradictions and whose vulnerability and unique empathy with the suffering made her one of the most extraordinary figures of the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography. \u003c\/b\u003eIn this authoritative account, Bradford paints a revealing, accurate portrait of a complex woman flawed and adored in equal measure. * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders will find themselves gripped by this gloriously gossipy account. \u003c\/b\u003eBradford is even-handed and unafraid. -- Jeremy Lewis * Sunday Times Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana\u003c\/i\u003e is Sarah Bradford's excellent and authoritative new biography of the most extraordinary woman in recent history \u003c\/b\u003e... Sarah Bradford has set a high standard for the others to follow -- Virginia Blackburn * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou feel from this book that you know the woman as she probably was\u003c\/b\u003e, and that is because, perhaps for the first time, a grown-up has written about her -- Adam Nicolson * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBradford has a real grasp of history\u003c\/b\u003e and the ability to make it spark into new life * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA woman of intelligence and taste ... \u003cb\u003eBradford is an excellent writer who has produced a balanced and well-researched biography.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Philip Hensher * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eA very sad story.\u003cb\u003e Bradford tells it eloquently, but it's her admirable detachment that leaves one pitying all, not one, of the characters involved.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Antonia Fraser * Guardian Books of the Year *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733427663191,"sku":"9780241980705","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241980705.jpg?v=1720000034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/diana-9780241980705","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}