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Eminent Elizabethans: Rupert Murdoch, Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher & Mick Jagger Kindle Edition

by Piers Brendon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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What links Margaret Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch, Prince Charles and Mick Jagger?

Each have illuminated our Elizabethan age in their own, inimitable, way.

Margaret Thatcher - the first female Prime Minister, who dedicated herself with messianic zeal to breaking the mould of post-war British politics

Rupert Murdoch - the billionaire media mogul whose empire, built on an ethical void, has polluted the channels of communication from London to Sydney, from New York to New Guinea

Prince Charles - the royal dilettante whose erratic exploits shook the throne and put his own succession to it at risk

Mick Jagger - lead singer of the Rolling Stones, who embodied the sixties counter-culture of sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll yet aspired to be a gentleman and accepted a knighthood at the behest of Tony Blair.

The sequel to Brendon's bestselling Eminent Edwardians, Eminent Elizabethans is written in the same witty, ironic and irreverent style and reveals how each one played out a major theme in the new Elizabethan medley. Each portrait vividly and vitally captured through pungent anecdote, piquant quotation and mordant commentary. In short, these brilliant miniatures are as entertaining as they are illuminating.

'Excellent' Guardian
'Entirely refreshing' Daily Mail
'A delight' Daily Express

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"Entirely refreshing . . . Steers well clear of reverence."  —Daily Mail

About the Author

PIERS BRENDON is the author of more than a dozen books, including biographies of Churchill and Eisenhower, the best-selling Eminent Edwardians and The Dark Valley, and, most recently, the highly acclaimed The Decline and Fall of the British Empire. He also writes for television and contributes frequently to the national press. Formerly Keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre, he is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008NA43DE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage Digital (September 13, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 13, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1306 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
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SueW
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and informative
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2013
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This book is well researched and is a good read. My only problem with it is that it basically only covers the negative aspects of each person's character or endeavours. In the case of Rupert Murdoch it seems that there isn't much else to cover, being a thoroughly unpleasant piece of work, but I'd say that Mick Jagger has a great deal of positives that aren't included in this book, not least of which is the huge amount of music that has given a lot of pleasure to millions of people worldwide over the past 50 years.
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Ellie
3.0 out of 5 stars Eminent Elizabethans? Really?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2013
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I thoroughly enjoyed the essay on Prince Charles - who I regard as a spoilt fop - as anyone who has had his smallest utterance met with sycophantic agreement/roars of laughter at his so-called wit is obviously not going to see the world as it is. I had always been a Margaret Thatcher fan and now less so - felt this was an eye-opener for me. However, why Mick Jagger was included is beyond me. He is of no interest to me and may be mega-rich and successful but is hardly eminent. I was disappointed in the essay on Rupert Murdoch which didn't seem to give any more understanding of this complex character.
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G L Parker
4.0 out of 5 stars an interesting book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2012
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seemed well researched and was very interesting. found the bio of prince Charles particularly interesting Rupert Murdoch less so!! found that friends wanted to borrow it just to read about those they were interested in
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Marcella
5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting and well written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2013
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Highly recommended. Well researched. Very interesting. Would buy books from this author in the future. I always thought Murdoch was a horrid creature but didn't realise whole background.
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Holmeister
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2015
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Well received by the recipient, an arch and acerbic guide to the movers and shakers of today's Britannia
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