{"product_id":"maam-darling-the-hilarious-bestselling-royal-biography-perfect-for-fans-of-the-crown-9780008203634","title":"Maam Darling  The hilarious bestselling royal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown.A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR  A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR  A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEARI honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' ObserverShe made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando clam up. She cold-shouldered Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine and Pablo Picasso lusted over her. To her friends Princess Margaret was witty and regal, to her enemies, she was rude and demanding. Ma'am Darling looks at her from many angles, creating a kaleidoscopic biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eMa’am Darling\u003c\/em\u003e is fascinating. Brown has done something amazing with \u003cem\u003eMa’am Darling\u003c\/em\u003e: in my wilder moments, \u003cstrong\u003eI wonder if he hasn’t reinvented the biographical form\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A biography teeming with the joyous, the ghastly and the clinically fascinating’ Hannah Bett, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eConsistently hilarious and eye-opening\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Tim Adams, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Heaven’ India Knight, \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eThe only royal biography of the year worth handing the Queen’s head over for\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ma’am Darling is a modern and unconventional portrait of an old-fashioned princess as distilled and pickled through the genius of Craig Brown’ Helen Davies, \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eCraig Brown has brilliantly drawn together the component parts of a complex woman\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A playful, impish approach…Brown gives us lots of wonderful incidental detail…\u003cstrong\u003eThe deftly amused writing constantly tugs the corners of your mouth upwards\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A cross between biography and satire that \u003cstrong\u003eperfectly displays Brown’s rare skills as journalist and parodist\u003c\/strong\u003e’, Mark Lawson, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eHugely entertaining\u003c\/strong\u003e … brilliantly written, with a wonderful sardonic edge but also a thoughtful, at times even moving tone’ \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘If you want a book that will have you punching your pillow in helpless laughter, this is it. Moreover, he has invented an entirely new genre, of which \u003cstrong\u003eit is a masterpiece\u003c\/strong\u003e … The list of the Princess's 'rumoured' lovers – up to and wickedly including Dusty Springfield – sparked my decision to \u003cstrong\u003ebuy this book as a Christmas present for everybody I know\u003c\/strong\u003e, and for those I don't.’ \u003cem\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Hilarious’ \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Brilliant’ \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Craig Brown achieves the impossible by finding a tone in which to write about monarchy. Not bitchy, not snide, not angry, but not fawning nor deferential either. Just funny.’ David Hare, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399432020311,"sku":"9780008203634","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008203634.jpg?v=1730467563","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/maam-darling-the-hilarious-bestselling-royal-biography-perfect-for-fans-of-the-crown-9780008203634","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}