Elizabeth II
Une vie, un règne
À l’inverse de la médiatisation que connaissent les familles royales du continent, la vie quotidienne de la reine d’Angleterre reste protégée, voire secrète. Elle n’a jamais donné d’interview à la presse. Aucun de ses biographes, même les plus sérieux, n’a eu accès à ses
archives personnelles. Faire parler d’elle le moins possible : tel est le leitmotiv de la cour, qui se ferme à toutes les questions des journalistes. En général, ceux qui savent ne se livrent pas et ceux qui parlent ne savent pas grand-chose.
L’ambition de ce livre est de comprendre comment, après six décennies de règne, Elizabeth II a su garder son prestige intact tout en asseyant plus solidement que jamais la monarchie britannique. Et de montrer que cette monarchie, en restant garante de la démocratie,
constitue aujourd’hui le dernier rempart moral contre les graves dérives du libéralisme économique.
- Hors collection
- Paru le 02/02/2012
- Genre : Essais et documents
- 272 pages - 145 x 225 mm
- EAN : 9782710368311
- ISBN : 9782710368311
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Elizabeth II. Une vie, un règne
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A shy, frail beauty, thrifty and with only a basic education, propelled onto the Throne in 1952 without the slightest preparation - how could Elizabeth have gained such global prestige ? How could this petite woman, an aristocrat by birth but pure petite-bourgeoisie in her tastes, have managed through half a century of tumultuous reign to dominate one of the most anachronistic institutions in the world ? This book is based around several meetings between the author, the Queen and officials from Buckingham Palace. It is split into eight thematic chapters : Elizabeth II and the media ; the Queen and money ; the Queen and her Court ; the icon ; diplomacy ; the Queen and her family ; the Queen and her Prime Ministers... Not to
mention a chapter devoted to Diana and Camilla. The author makes more than one revelation, giving copious information about the personalities, the mechanisms of the monarchy and the historical and political context. It is a love story, a fairytale, a thriller set in the most secret and most powerful high-society in the world.
Marc Roche is the permanent correspondent for Le Monde in London. Specialist of the British Monarchy and of the City, he has been living in Great Britain since 1985. He also works for the Belgium daily Le Soir, for La Tribune de Genève in Switzerland and for the BBC.
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