Queen Elizabeth II: A Photographic Portrait

ThisbookisaphotographicportraitofQueenElizabethII,fromherfirstofficialphotographasababyin1926tohergreetingPresidentObamaatBuckinghamPalacein2009.EachofthebookschaptersbeginswithatextbybestsellinghistorianandbiographerPhilipZiegler,coveringthekeyroyalandhistoricaleventsoftheperiod,withsomecontextualphotographs,followedbyasequenceofplatesinchronologicalorder.Withover200imagesoftheQueenbyinternationallydistinguishedphotographerssuchasCecilBeaton,LordSnowdonandRankin,theQueeniscapturedinavarietyofposes,fromformalphotographsasaworkingmonarch,tointimateportraitsrelaxingwithherfamilyatBalmoralandWindsor.AlltheimageshavebeenofficiallyapprovedbythePalace,makingthistheonlyillustratedbookthatanyonewilleverneedonQueenElizabethII.