Hurd, Douglas – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Sat, 19 Aug 2023 16:17:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Hurd, Douglas – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Elizabeth II https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/elizabeth-ii/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/elizabeth-ii/ The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England’s rulers – now in paperback

Elizabeth II is the longest-serving monarch who ever sat on the English or British throne. Yet her personality and influence remain elusive. This book, by a senior politician who has spent significant periods of time in her company, and is also a distinguished historian, portrays her more credibly than any other yet published.

Douglas Hurd was a politician, biographer and novelist who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, as Minister for Europe (1979-83), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984-85), Home Secretary (1985-89) and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1989-95). His previous books include his Memoirs, Robert Peel: A Biography and, with Edward Young, Choose Your Weapons: The British Foreign Secretary – 200 Years of Argument, Success and Failure.

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