The Prince of Wales

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'By allowing an outsider to intrude into his life, the
Prince of Wales took a gamble of trust. I hope I
have not violated that trust but I have also had
another imperative: to be true to myself and to my
readers. At the very least I hope those who read this
long and detailed biography will emerge at the other
end feeling that they* have come to know the heir to
the throne as they never could before - and that he
is well worth knowing I have experienced a wide
range of emotions in writing this book; boredom
has never been one of them'
Jonathan Dimbleby (from the Preface)
For this remarkable study of the heir to the
throne, Jonathan Dimbleby was given
unprecedented access to his subject. As well as
spending many hours in wide-ranging and
candid conversation with Prince Charles, the
author has interviewed at length scores of
people, including his personal staff and close
friends, most of whom have never talked
openly about the Prince before. He has also
drawn... Tovább

Fülszöveg

'By allowing an outsider to intrude into his life, the
Prince of Wales took a gamble of trust. I hope I
have not violated that trust but I have also had
another imperative: to be true to myself and to my
readers. At the very least I hope those who read this
long and detailed biography will emerge at the other
end feeling that they* have come to know the heir to
the throne as they never could before - and that he
is well worth knowing I have experienced a wide
range of emotions in writing this book; boredom
has never been one of them'
Jonathan Dimbleby (from the Preface)
For this remarkable study of the heir to the
throne, Jonathan Dimbleby was given
unprecedented access to his subject. As well as
spending many hours in wide-ranging and
candid conversation with Prince Charles, the
author has interviewed at length scores of
people, including his personal staff and close
friends, most of whom have never talked
openly about the Prince before. He has also
drawn freely from the Prince's own archives,
including more than 10,000 letters, private
journals and diaries, none of which has hitherto
been made public.
Based on this huge wealth of original material,
Jonathan Dimbleby s biography provides a vivid
insight into the turbulent life of a remarkable
individual. To an extent that has never before
been possible, he tells the full story of the
Prince's childhood and upbringing, his
adolescence and adulthood, analysing the public
role and illuminating the private man.
Exploring beneath the tabloid headlines which
have caricatured Prince Charles first as 'Action
Man' and then as 'The Loony Prince', Jonathan
Dimbleby reveals the full complexity of an
extraordinary personality, his attitudes and
beliefs, his feelings about himself and his family.
At a critical juncture in the history of the Royal
Family, Dimbleby also examines the relationship
between the heir to the throne and government
ministers, the armed services, and the Church.
In analysing the role of the monarchy, the
author also explores the constitutional
implications of the breakdown of the Prince's
marriage to the Prin cess of Wales.
In this vivid, searching and intimate portrait of a
life which is trapped by destiny, The Prince of
Wales provides a uniquely authoritative account
of the man born to be King. Vissza