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100			_aMarr, Andrew _9360220
245			_aThe Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and Her People
250			_aReprints
260			_aUnited Kingdom; _bPan Macmillan; _c24 May 2012
300			_a448 Pages; _bPaperback
520			_aWith the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers have come to expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention to the monarch - and to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of the state, which is largely hidden from the public gaze, and making a strong case for the institution itself. Arranged thematically, rather than chronologically, Marr dissects the Queen's political relationships, crucially those with her Prime Ministers; he examines her role as Head of the Commonwealth, and her deep commitment to that Commonwealth of nations; he looks at the drastic changes in the media since her accession in 1952 and how the monarchy - and the monarch - have had to change and adapt as a result. Indeed he argues that under her watchful eye, the monarchy has been thoroughly modernized and made as fit for purpose in the twenty-first century as it was when she came to the throne and a 'new Elizabethan age' was ushered in.
650			_aUnited Kingdom, Great Britain _9360221
650			_a Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 _9360222
650			_aBiography: royalty _9360223
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