| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 542 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A tunnel in Paris -- Diana: a slide show -- Difficult women -- The Super Sloane -- The rise of the beast -- The quest for a virgin bride -- The hunter and the hunted -- Whatever in love means -- The scream -- The upstage problem -- Stardust -- Dynasty Di -- Cries and whispers -- Two kinds of love -- Sex, lies, and audiotapes -- Rending the veil -- Saint and sinner -- The beast redux -- Deal or no deal -- The last picture show -- Crash -- Remember me -- Sequels. |
| Summary |
"Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she "the people's princess," who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Journalist Tina Brown knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself. In this book, you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society that shaped them: Diana's sexually charged mother, her scheming grandmother, the stepmother she hated but finally came to terms with, and bad-girl Fergie, her sister-in-law, who concealed wounds of her own. Most formidable of them all was her mother-in-law, the Queen, whose admiration Diana sought till the day she died. Add Camilla Parker-Bowles, the ultimate "other woman" into this combustible mix, and it's no wonder that Diana broke out of her royal cage into celebrity culture, where she found her own power and used it to devastating effect"--Publisher's blurb. |
| Subject |
Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997.
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Princesses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9780385517089: $27.50 |
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0385517084 |
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