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Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret

Auteur(s): Craig Brown
Narrateur(s): Eleanor Bron
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A witty and profound audiobook portrait of the most talked-about English royal.

She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy.

Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950s heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death in 2002, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled.

Such an enigmatic and divisive figure demands a reckoning that is far from the usual fare. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues, and essays, Craig Brown’s Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society.

©2017 Craig Brown (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
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I very much enjoyed this magical mix of fact and satire. A+ Brown and Bron

Perfectly performed by Eleanor Bron

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The narrator was amazing ! She really makes it enjoyable to listen to. Such a great story. I've always wanted to know more about Princess Margaret. I remember hearing bits about her colorful past, so it was nice to have the full stories. If you like the Crown on Netflix and are missing it, this will soothe the cravings !

If your a Royal fanatic, don't pass up on this !

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Honestly, check out Lady Anne Glenconners book. Far better writing and lots of juicy Princess Margaret anecdotes and stories. Lady Anne's life was far more interesting.

Hard to like her

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Couldn't make head or tail of this book. Found the story all over the place. very confusing! Didn't get far in to it. Waste of time and money.

Wishywasy

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It’s not what I was expecting. I only read the 1st chapter and couldn’t finish it

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