{"product_id":"q-a-voyage-around-the-queen","title":"Q: A Voyage Around the Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (Top 10) \u003ci\u003e- The Washington Post - The Guardian - The Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003ci\u003e- Vox - New Statesman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of the Secret Annex; Jimi Hendrix played her tune; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her; Andy Warhol envied her fame; Donald Trump offended her; E. M. Forster confessed he would have married her, if only she had been a boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived. When people spoke of her, they spoke of themselves; when they dreamed of her, they dreamed of themselves. She mirrored their hopes and anxieties. To the optimist, she seemed an optimist; to the pessimist, a pessimist; to the awestruck, charismatic; and to the cynical, humdrum. Though by nature reserved and unassuming, her presence in a room could make presidents, tycoons, and rock stars turn back into the nervous children they once were. For close to a century, she inhabited the psyche of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining biography, essay, cultural history, dream diary, travelog, and satire, Craig Brown--the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNinety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHello Goodbye Hello\u003c\/i\u003e--presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most public yet most private of sovereigns in\u003ci\u003e Q: A Voyage Around the Queen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661414727970,"sku":"9781250397652","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/8637\/3154\/files\/imageloader_cbf26b4e-5f73-4857-8480-baedd6bf58b4.jpg?v=1779453345","url":"https:\/\/godmothers.com\/products\/q-a-voyage-around-the-queen","provider":"Godmothers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}