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Theo Aronson's latest royal book is a model of what a royal biography should be... The problems of being a princess in today's monarchy are vividly implicit in every page... I found the book eminently readable in an easy style that lends itself to wit and irony... Elizabeth Longford, The Tablet A balanced and on the whole generous interpretation of this most elusive of royal characters. Aronson expounds convincingly the almost intolerable pressures to which a woman of intelligence and character must find herself subjected when entrapped in the mesh of royal responsibilities. PHILIP ZIEGLER, Daily Telegraph 'Books of the Year' Theo Aronson is a practised royal biographer who writes with fluidity... It is good to find royal gossip in which no one is absurdly inflated and no one viciously demeaned. Times Literary Supplement Aronson's strength is his style: he is an elegant writer who can handle the broad picture and the telling detail. Daily Telegraph Part imperious royal figure, part femme du monde, Princess Margaret spent the greater part of her life torn between meeting the exacting standards of the monarchy and flouting its long-established conventions. She has been described as tragic, unresolved, a royal maverick, a woman of conflict, a princess without a cause. From any viewpoint, she remains the most interesting member of the royal family. Widely praised on its publication in hardback, this is the first detailed, in-depth study of this controversial figure. A respected royal biographer. Theo Aronson is uniquely qualified to tell the Princess's story - from her private and public life. He has been helped by many who know Princess Margaret and has drawn on several new and unfamiliar sources. He has also had the incalculable advantage of several audiences with her, allowing him to incorporate many of her memories, observations and opinions in his book. This is a fresh, frank and highly entertaining account of an always colourful life.

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Theo Aronson's latest royal book is a model of what a royal biography should be... The problems of being a princess in today's monarchy are vividly implicit in every page... I found the book eminently readable in an easy style that lends itself to wit and irony... Elizabeth Longford, The Tablet A balanced and on the whole generous interpretation of this most elusive of royal characters. Aronson expounds convincingly the almost intolerable pressures to which a woman of intelligence and character must find herself subjected when entrapped in the mesh of royal responsibilities. PHILIP ZIEGLER, Daily Telegraph 'Books of the Year' Theo Aronson is a practised royal biographer who writes with fluidity... It is good to find royal gossip in which no one is absurdly inflated and no one viciously demeaned. Times Literary Supplement Aronson's strength is his style: he is an elegant writer who can handle the broad picture and the telling detail. Daily Telegraph Very comprehensive and well researched. An interesting read. Mary's Book Corner Well written and kept me reading from cover to cover. A very good overview of her life. Flora Fung - Librarian I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is well researched... the author manages to bring her alive... you have a real sense of her attitude, her privilege and her sadness. Excellent book. ANN APPLIN - Reviewer

Theo Aronson's latest royal book is a model of what a royal biography should be... The problems of being a princess in today's monarchy are vividly implicit in every page... I found the book eminently readable in an easy style that lends itself to wit and irony... Elizabeth Longford, The Tablet A balanced and on the whole generous interpretation of this most elusive of royal characters. Aronson expounds convincingly the almost intolerable pressures to which a woman of intelligence and character must find herself subjected when entrapped in the mesh of royal responsibilities. PHILIP ZIEGLER, Daily Telegraph 'Books of the Year' Theo Aronson is a practised royal biographer who writes with fluidity... It is good to find royal gossip in which no one is absurdly inflated and no one viciously demeaned. Times Literary Supplement Aronson's strength is his style: he is an elegant writer who can handle the broad picture and the telling detail. Daily Telegraph Very comprehensive and well researched. An interesting read. Mary's Book Corner Well written and kept me reading from cover to cover. A very good overview of her life. Flora Fung - Librarian I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is well researched... the author manages to bring her alive... you have a real sense of her attitude, her privilege and her sadness. Excellent book. ANN APPLIN - Reviewer This is the most detailed biography of the life of Princess Margaret that I have had the pleasure of reading. The detail is astonishing... wonderfully written. I found it hard to put down. T B - Reviewer A detailed and enjoyable book. Jessica Nipper - Reviewer In reality for Princess Margaret being royal, living in a palace, being a Princess was often a nightmare. She handled this role as well as she could with the undeniable ability to be her own person with not a care as to who liked it or not. In the end Margaret paved the way for divorce in the royal family and some think that was her legacy. Marialyce Weinreich - reviewer

Theo Aronson's latest royal book is a model of what a royal biography should be... The problems of being a princess in today's monarchy are vividly implicit in every page... I found the book eminently readable in an easy style that lends itself to wit and irony... Elizabeth Longford, The Tablet A balanced and on the whole generous interpretation of this most elusive of royal characters. Aronson expounds convincingly the almost intolerable pressures to which a woman of intelligence and character must find herself subjected when entrapped in the mesh of royal responsibilities. PHILIP ZIEGLER, Daily Telegraph 'Books of the Year' Theo Aronson is a practised royal biographer who writes with fluidity... It is good to find royal gossip in which no one is absurdly inflated and no one viciously demeaned. Times Literary Supplement Aronson's strength is his style: he is an elegant writer who can handle the broad picture and the telling detail. Daily Telegraph Very comprehensive and well researched. An interesting read. Mary's Book Corner Well written and kept me reading from cover to cover. A very good overview of her life. Flora Fung - Librarian I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is well researched... the author manages to bring her alive... you have a real sense of her attitude, her privilege and her sadness. Excellent book. ANN APPLIN - Reviewer This is the most detailed biography of the life of Princess Margaret that I have had the pleasure of reading. The detail is astonishing... wonderfully written. I found it hard to put down. T B - Reviewer A detailed and enjoyable book. Jessica Nipper - Reviewer

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Theo Aronson is the author of over twenty works of royal historical biography, published in eleven languages. Among the widely read are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, and Napoleon and Josephine. In the course of researching and writing these books he has interviewed major and minor members of Britain's royal family and members of the royal households, as well as various officials, servants, friends and others whose lives are in some way connected with the monarchy.

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