Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit And Fizzy Life Of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- Author: Gareth Russell
- Narrator: Fiona Hampton
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 7:07:24
Synopsis
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, 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 and 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 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.
Chapters
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001 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink Open
Duration: 42s -
002 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink AuthorsNote
Duration: 04min -
003 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterI EastOrWestHomeIsBest 1900to1910
Duration: 26min -
004 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterII WarWounds 1910to1920
Duration: 34min -
005 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterIiI TheDelightfulDuchess 1920to1930
Duration: 59min -
006 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterIV Queen 1930to1940
Duration: 01h11min -
007 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterV TheMostDangerousWomanInEurope 1940to1950
Duration: 49min -
008 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterVI Widow 1950to1960
Duration: 35min -
009 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterVII QueenMum 1960to1970
Duration: 32min -
010 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterVIII SteelMarshmallows 1970to1980
Duration: 25min -
011 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterIX GlassesFilledWithDubonnetGinAndPimms 1980to1990
Duration: 32min -
012 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterX IShallMissThoseLaughs 1990to2002
Duration: 46min -
013 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink Epilogue
Duration: 04min -
014 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink FurtherReading
Duration: 02min -
015 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink Credits
Duration: 01min