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基本信息
·出版社：Simon & Schuster
·页码：416 页码
·出版日：2001年
·ISBN：0743422058
·条码：9780743422055
·版次：2001-06-14
·装帧：精装
·开本：16开 16开
内容简介
Book Description
The life story of Diana, Princess of Wales, at last is told in full. Here is the first complete, honest, and objective biography that shows all facets of this fascinating and enigmatic woman: her magic, her manipulations, her dazzling public persona, and her role inside the world's most exposed marriage. Drawn from years of research and dozens of interviews with friends and associates speaking on the record for the first time, and based on the groundbreaking four-hour ITV/The Learning Channel documentary series, Diana contains never-before-revealed detailed accounts and stunning insights, including
* Diana's closest friends and colleagues as they refute the suggestion that she was "unbalanced" before she met her future husband
* confirmation by a family member that Diana wanted to withdraw from the wedding only weeks before, as she learned more of her husband-to-be's secret relationships with other women
* the loaded implications of Diana's pre-wedding lunch with Camilla Parker Bowles, held, ironically, at the Ménage à Trois restaurant
* new witnesses to the traumatic early years of Charles and Diana's marriage, and the loneliness that lay behind Diana's spectacular public success
* interviews with senior royal officials, men and women who have never before shared their unique and objective views on the failure of the marriage
* the truth, at last, about the allegation that Diana suffered from borderline personality disorderthe shocking story of a smear campaign
* a world-exclusive interview with both James Hewitt and his mother, Shirley, including touching accounts of Hewitt's affair with Diana -- and why his family believed that the romance was considered "authorized"
* never-before-told details about Diana's "alternative family life" during the late 1980s -- the weekends she spent with the Hewitts even when James was away, and heartwarming stories of the close friendship she established with her surrogate mother-in-law, Shirley Hewitt
* completely new details of the "arrangement," widely accepted inside the royal household, between two couples -- Charles and Camilla, James and Diana -- and their week-on, week-off sharing of their country home
* the gruesome tactics of the paparazzi -- and the Palace's refusal to bar the "paps" from royal functions
* confirmation from her closest confidantes that Diana made nuisance phone calls to a married art dealer
* surprising revelations from those closely involved with Diana's charity work about how vindictive and spiteful she could be in her final years -- contrasted with a powerful account of her land mine crusade and her tender ministrations to victims
* the real reason the royal family remained at Balmoral after Diana's death -- and how the fear of angry mobs may have prompted a warning from Scotland Yard: their safety in London could not be guaranteed.
Featuring thirty-two rare and unfamiliar photographsincluding seven never before published -- Diana not only captures the princess as she was, but also places her story in the context of twenty years of frantic social and economic change. It will stand as the ultimate, and ultimately most enlightening, telling of Diana's extraordinary life.
Amazon.co.uk
Another book on Diana? In fact, Tim Clayton and Phil Craig's carefully researched biography Diana: Story of a Princess offers a more balanced and serious appraisal of the life and times of the Princess of Wales than most books published since her death in the summer of 1997. Having already collaborated on the award-winning book and TV series on the Battle of Britain, Finest Hour, Clayton and Craig's book tries "to weigh and get behind the rival versions of her story", which is, they argues, "long overdue". On the whole, they achieve a good balance between Diana and the Palace, despite being clear about who was more successful when it came to swaying the hearts and minds of the public:
Whatever she did, Diana made an impact; but in no area more powerfully than in destabilising her husband's family. Effortlessly she outshone Guy Fawkes.
Based on specially commissioned interviews with senior members of both Diana and Charles' households, Diana: Story of a Princess captures the realpolitik that led to Charles and Diana's marriage, the descent into infidelity, the absurdity of moments like "Squidgygate", and the remarkable impact on the nation of Diana's death. Clayton and Craig have written a lively, well-informed book that shows various sides of Diana's life. It will not be the last book on Diana, but it's one of the better attempts.
--Jerry Brotton
FromBooklist
Less sensational than most treatments of the life of the late princess of Wales, this latest Diana book is published in conjunction with a four-part TV miniseries to run on the Learning Channel this month.
Brad Hooper
Book Dimension
length: (cm)24.2 width:(cm)16
作者简介
Tim Clayton and Phil Craig are the authors of the bestselling book Finest Hour, based on a BBC1/PBS documentary series about 1940. Tim Clayton is the author of numerous books and a writer and producer of historical documentaries, including Voices in the Dark, about historian Carlo Ginzburg. Phil Craig joined award-winning British documentary production company Brook Lapping in 1998. His credits include an acclaimed television series on the Beirut hostage crisis.
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Customer Reviews
1.Refreshingly Intelligent and Balanced, April 29, 2004
By Allyn "pianogirl" (USA)
Tireless humanitarian and inspirationally anti-establishment figure? Or beautiful but shallow woman who loved nothing more than a good photo-op and seeing her soap-operaish life grab headlines? Most of us lean heavily toward one of the above perspectives of Princess Diana. Unfortunately, it seems that books dealing with the late princess also tend to be written in this black-and-white way.
Yet in "Diana: Story of a Princess," authors Craig and Clayton offer material that paints a refreshingly different portrait of Diana. It certainly isn't black-and-white; instead, it emphasizes the complex and elusive character of this eternally puzzling person.
The biography begins with Diana's childhood, and although it may initially seem a slightly dry chronicle of Spencer family history and aristocratic titles, it quickly beomces much more compelling. It is obvious that the authors have put a tremendous amount of research into the book-this research translates into well-detailed account of every pivotal moment in her life. "Diana, Story of a Princess" is, if nothing else, a complete "life portrait" that Diana fans won't want to be without.
In my mind, however, this bio is much more than a simple chronicle of events because of the widely varying views and accounts presented about the princess. Everyone knows how Diana was a victim of the Charles-Camilla relationship, but does anyone know the disadvantages Charles faced as he entered the marriage? We all have heard of what a selfless charity worker Diana was, but did we ever know of her supposedly "darker" side during this sort of work? This book explores both "sides" of these issues and others. Through facts, first-person accounts, and their own intelligent, interesting, and balanced commentary, the authors attempt not to trash Diana or transform her into a saint, but simply to raise and explore questions about her true character.
Overall, this biography is certainly a success. It manages to be generally informative and intriguing-while avoiding the pitfalls of being too one-sided or sensational.
2.All parties treated fairly, February 5, 2002
By V. VanCamp "lovesbookslovesmusic" (Ithaca, New York USA)
"Diana: Story of a Princess" is an excellent book about Princess Diana etc. that seems fair to all parties. This book chronicles the lives of Charles and Diana, their meeting, courtship, marriage, separation, divorce, lives after divorce and Diana's tragic death.
This book is very interesting. It offers viewpoints from many different individuals on various aspects of Diane and Charles' story. I have read several books about Princess Di - all of them fascinating - though this book ("Diana: Story of a Princess") really gets into the aspect of the press and their role in Diana's life.
Through this book I was able to envision a very vulnerable Diana. I also saw a person who loved much and needed much love. Princess Di was a very sensitive woman and I believe this quality made her the 'Queen of Hearts' and 'The People's Princess.'
3.Surprisingly good, not great, unusally well balanced, July 5, 2001
By A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA)
This book is one of the better ones out there. Most book writers spend their time trying to trash the Princess or the Royal Family(sometimes both), this book is fairly even handed. They do appear to have made an effort to talk to people or research material representing both sides of the story, most unusual. I do think the authors give the Hewitts, Patrick Jephson, and Mohamed Al Fayed a little too much credit but perhaps even there the balance is at least close as many books don't even try to do that. I do wish I could see the companion video program.
Reviews
1.Never before-told detailed accounts and stunning insights about this most extraordinary woman, capturing the Princess as she was.
NEW YORK POST
2.A complete portrait.
THE DAILY MIRROR
3.First-hand evidence cuts through the distortions that surrounded Diana's life...a three dimensional picture of a remarkable woman.
THE SUN
4.No mere celebrity cuttings job, a comprehensive even-handed and scrupulously researched picture.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
5.An impressively researched cut above what we have come to expect. Goes out of its way to give credit and sympathy where they are due.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
6.A convincing and at times moving portrait. S
Ben Pimlott, The Sunday Telegraph, 8 July 2001
7.An admirably fair, panoramic account...something fresh and pure and clear-eyed. Does not seek to demonise or to sanctify. Recommended.
Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday, 8 July 2001 (British critic of the Year)
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