La Reina

Although she has probably been the most famous woman in the world and her life has been brought to the screen -lately in the successful series The Crown-, the true story of Elizabeth II has not always been well explained. Rather the opposite. This biography, the first great work in Spanish of the Queen of England, explains the back room of power in Buckingham and how a shy girl, without special training or charisma, became an indisputable icon, an object of reverence and respect for millions of people around the world. Ana Polo passionately reels off the story of a woman who was not born to reign and whose life should have been uneventful, but who ended up on the throne and, for decades, was in charge of defending the Crown, a task that was not always easy. From her upbringing and life as a princess to World War II, from her wedding to a court-hated minor prince to Diana's tragedy, from her children's scandals to her most recent grandchildren, this book details a fascinating and unique life of an unrepeatable woman.