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    Battle of Brothers: William and Harry – The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult
    Battle of Brothers: William and Harry – The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult
    Battle of Brothers: William and Harry – The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult
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    Battle of Brothers: William and Harry – The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult

    Written by Robert Lacey

    Narrated by Tim Frances

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    A New York Times bestseller.

    From bestselling author and historical consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown, an unparalleled insider account of tumult, secrecy and schism in the Royal family.

    The world has watched Prince William and Prince Harry since they were born. Raised by Princess Diana to be the closest of brothers, how have the boy princes grown into very different, now distanced men?

    From royal insider, biographer and historian Robert Lacey, this book reveals the untold details of William and Harry’s closeness and estrangement, asking what happens when two sons are raised for vastly different futures – one burdened with the responsibility of one day becoming king, the other with the knowledge that he will always remain spare. How have William and Harry both agreed and diverged in their views of what a modern royal owes to their country? Were the seeds of damage sowed by Prince Charles and Princess Diana as their marriage unraveled for all the world to see? In the previous generation, how have Prince Charles and Prince Andrew’s own relations strained under the Crown? What role has Queen Elizabeth II played in marshalling her feuding heirs? What parts have Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle played in helping their husbands to choose their differing paths? And what is the real, unvarnished story behind Harry and Meghan’s dramatic departure?

    In the most intimate vision yet of life behind closed doors, with its highs, lows and discretions all laid out, this is a journey into royal life as never offered before.

     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateOct 20, 2020
    ISBN9780063042971
    Battle of Brothers: William and Harry – The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult
    Author

    Robert Lacey

    Robert Lacey is a historian and biographer. He is the author of a number of bestselling biographies, including those of Henry Ford and Queen Elizabeth II.

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    • 5/5
      If you want to read/listen to a book for fluffy entertainment while you hang wallpaper, I recommend this one whole heartedly. There isn’t any new information about the royal family that hasn’t been covered repeatedly in other sources. The narrator’s voice was nice to listen to.

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    • 5/5
      This book is absolutely brilliant! I would highly recommend. It strikes a line, and doesn’t go too far one way or the other(if you know what I mean), it tells the life story of the two Royal brothers as if the writer were a fly on the wall throughout the entirety of the decades that pass. While in the process giving several different points of view.
    • 5/5
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    • 4/5
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