DEBORAH HART STROBER

A full, detailed and global portrait of a life lived in service. Lieutenant Commander Michael Parker, then equerry-in-waiting to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, speaking about the death of King George VI: ''The Queen was really bowled over. Forlorn. Fully conscious of the fact that she was Queen, and that she must tend to affairs immediately, but at the same time carrying the load of this new, awful news. A brave person. Gosh! If I loved her before, boy did I love her after that!'' Queen Elizabeth II paints a spirited, global portrait of a life lived in service. It is packed full of fascinating eye-witness accounts; from the early years of Queen Elizabeth II''s reign - the shocking death of her father and the adjustment required of a newly married couple - through to the children''s marriages, the death of Princess Diana, and Prince Harry and Meghan''s move to the United States.It features interviews from diverse sources: staff (recognisable from their portrayals in The Crown), family and friends, such as Lady Pamela Hicks, and public figures including Rabbi Julia Neuberger, Michael Heseltine and Andy Burnham. Originally published in 2002, it also contains memories from crucial figures now lost to us, such as Winston Spencer Churchill and Nelson Mandela. This extraordinary oral history presents revealing view into the workings of Buckingham Palace and the strengths and weaknesses of the Royal Family, asking questions about conflict and change, and the monarchy''s journey as colonial institution. With a broad spectrum of views on Queen Elizabeth II - from her role as leader of the Commonwealth to her personality in private - this unique book offers a remarkable insight into our Monarch.

El Dalai Lama es, tal vez, el líder político y espiritual más querido de nuestro tiempo. Para creyentes y no creyentes, sin distinción, este tierno monje de ojos sonrientes personifica la compasión, el amor y la resistencia de la no-violencia ante la tirania. Pero, ¿verdaderamente lo conocemos? ¿Cual es la fuente de la tremenda atraccion internacional que ejerce el Dalai Lama y hasta que punto la imagen publica refleja al hombre? ¿Es solamente un monje humilde con un simple mensaje de amor y compasion, o es un astuto politico con un gran dominio de las tecnicas de relaciones publicas modernas? La biografia oral del Dalai Lama plantea un acercamiento unico para responder a esas y a otras preguntas. Mediante entrevistas a mas de cincuenta personas, incluyendo politicos, seguidores, clerigos y criticos, esta obra presenta un intimo y poco corriente retrato de Su Santidad. Una biografia que nace a partir de testimonios reales con el fin de dar a conocer la verdadera personalidad del Dalai Lama, desde su infantil sentido de la diversion a su insaciable curiosidad por los ultimos avances en fisica y astronomia; desde el sonido de sus carcajadas hasta la integridad de sus pensamientos eticos y espirituales. Como en una camara indiscreta, las imagenes van uniendose para otorgar un perfil coherente de este hombre que, finalmente, evoca su verdadero caracter y explica, tambien, el efecto que causa en todos los que lo conocen.