Over the Hills and Far Away by Matthew Dennison

Stylish in its writing and nuanced in its judgements, The Queen charts the joys and triumphs as well as the disappointments and vicissitudes of a remarkable royal life it also assesses the achievement of a woman regarded as the champion of a handful of 'British' values endorsed – if no longer practised – by the bulk of the nation: service, duty, steadfastness, charity and stoicism. The vast majority of Britons cannot remember a world without Elizabeth II as head of state and the Commonwealth.In this brand-new biography of the longest-reigning sovereign in British history, Matthew Dennison traces her life and reign across an era of unprecedented and often seismic social change. Her reign embraces all but seven years of Britain's postwar history she has been served by fifteen UK prime ministers from Churchill to Johnson, and witnessed the administrations of thirteen US presidents from Truman to Trump.

Her long life spans nearly a century of national and global history, from a time before the Great Depression to the era of Covid-19. For millions of people, both in Britain and across the world, Elizabeth II is the embodiment of monarchy. T as a practitioner of monarchy across the entirety of her reign. An elegant and magisterial new biography of Her Majesty The Queen, tracing the events of a reign that now spans seven decades, and evaluating her achievemen

He is a contributor to Country Life and Telegraph. His most recent book is Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter. The magisterial life of the woman whose family's personal intrigues, romances and political rivalries have shaped much of post-war British history. Matthew Dennison is the author of seven critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, including Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West, a Book of the Year in The Times, Spectator, Independent and Observer.

Over the Hills and Far Away by Matthew Dennison