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Do Lets Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Audiobook, by Gareth Russell Play Audiobook Sample

Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Audiobook

Do Lets Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Audiobook, by Gareth Russell Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Fiona Hampton Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: November 2022 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781797154565

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

15

Longest Chapter Length:

71:10 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

42 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

28:30 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, a deliciously entertaining collection of 101 fascinating and funny anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother—one for each year of her life.

During her lifetime, 1900 to 2002, the Queen Mother was as famous for her clever quips, pointed observations, and dry-as-a-martini delivery style as she was for being a beloved royal. Now, Do Let’s Have Another Drink recounts 101—one for each year of her remarkable life—amusing and astonishing vignettes from across her long life, including her coming of age during World War I, the abdication of her brother-in-law, her unexpected ascendance to the throne, and her half-century of widowhood as her daughter reigned over the United Kingdom.

Featuring new revelations and colorful anecdotes about the woman about whom Cecil Beaton, the high society photographer, once summarized as “a marshmallow made on a welding machine,” Do Let’s Have Another Drink is a delightful celebration of one of the most consistently popular members of the royal family.

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“Gareth Russell balances titillating gossip and heartfelt poignancy in this sparkling snapshot of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002), the wife of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II…Throughout, Russell interweaves brisk and informative history lessons with royal family intrigue. Fans of The Crown will lap this up.” 

— Publishers Weekly

Quotes

  • “My favorite book of the season.”

    — The Spectator (London)
  • “[A] little bit of gin-soaked nostalgia…Royalists, especially fans of the Edwardians, will be enthralled.”

    — Booklist
  • “Utterly glorious.”

    — Emerald Fennell, actress and Oscar-winning screenwriter

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About Gareth Russell

Gareth Russell is a historian, novelist, and playwright. He is the author of nine books, including The Ship of Dreams, Young and Damned and Fair, The EmperorsDo Let’s Have Another Drink, and The Palace. He was educated at Oxford University and Queens University, Belfast.