Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 presents the life of a remarkable woman. A Canadian perspective on a sovereign who created and cultivated a special relationship with Canada, it is the portrait of a queen who always evoked passionate reactions. Whether it was the anonymous soldier who vowed "to fight for that little lady," Adolf Hitler who described her as "the most dangerous woman in Europe," or the Canadian journalist who coined the expression "the Queen Mum," the Queen Mother seldom left people unmoved.
Opening with the royal tour of 1939, during which Canadians first felt her personal magnetism, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 describes Elizabeth’s background and development, relating how she made a marriage that brought her to the centre stage of public life. It traces her tender support of her shy husband, a reluctant king, shows how she began her Commonwealth role, and recalls her shock at the sudden and unexpected call to wear the Crown.
Faced with the never-ending duties of a queen, Elizabeth proved capable of providing inspired leadership for a society faced with the stark prospect of destruction in a war to save the world. On the premature death of her beloved husband she became Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, a role that has shaped nearly half her life, and one in which Canada has always played an important part. The authors analyze Her Majesty’s successes and failures, both public and private, against the background of a century of violent disruption, material achievement, and incredible change.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 941.084/092
- General Note
- Originally published under title: The Queen Mother and her century Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-uk---
- ISBN
- 9781770701182 1550023918
- LCCN
- DA585.A2
- LCCN Item number
- B68 2002eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (184 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00322768 (OCoLC)180772720 (CaOOCEL)404490
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 6
- Chapter 1 - “CanadaMadeUs” 8
- Chapter 2 - “I Call Myself the Princess Elizabeth” 22
- Chapter 3 - “Everyone falls in love with her.” 46
- Chapter 4 - “With my wife and helpmeet by my side, I take up the heavy task which lies before me.” 64
- Chapter 5 - “I am going to travel around the world.” 130
- Chapter 6 - “My only wish is … that I may … continue the work we sought to do together” 152
- Chapter 7 - “I love life, that is my secret. It is the exhilaration of others that keeps me going. Quite simply, it is the people who keep me up.” 166
- Chapter 8 - “I hope that sadness will blend with a wider sense of thanksgiving, not just for her life but for times in which she lived...” 176