Diana: In Pursuit of Love

by Andrew Morton

Overview

When Andrew Morton's world-famous biography, Diana: Her True Story, was first published, it caused a media frenzy, and shook the British Establishment to its foundations. Later revealed as having been written with the Princess's full co-operation, this international bestseller is now widely regarded as her official biography. Yet it was not the full story, as in all the sound and fury of its publication, Diana began a journey - a courageous evolution from life as a downtrodden wife and reluctant royal to a self-confident and independent modern woman. Diana: In Pursuit of Love follows this journey, picking up the story where Andrew's first book left off and uses new sources and material as well as a wealth of previously unpublished matter and 16 pages of stunning photos. The book reveals the stories of figures such as her renowned lover James Hewitt, her butler Paul Burrell and Prince Charles's valet, Michael Fawcett, while intriguing comments that Diana made to Morton in taped conversations become extremely important in view of subsequent events. In Pursuit of Love is an honest, unbiased account of one of the most admired, influential figures of our era and the definitive study of Diana.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782431053
Publisher:	Michael O'Mara Books
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	259,664
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Andrew Morton is one of the world's best-known biographers and a leading authority on modern celebrity as well as royalty. His ground-breaking 1992 biography revealed the secret world of Diana, Princess of Wales. Written with her full, though then secret, cooperation, the book changed the way the world looked at the British royal family. Since Diana: Her True Story, he has gone on to write Number 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers on Monica Lewinsky, Madonna, David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, and, most recently, 17 Carnations: The Windsors, The Nazis and The Cover-Up. The winner of numerous awards, he divides his time between London and Los Angeles.
Andrew Morton is a leading authority on modern celebrity and royalty, and author of the internationally bestselling biography Diana: Her True Story. Revealing the secret world of the Princess of Wales, the book spent fifty-eight weeks in the bestseller lists, was translated into 35 languages, and inspired films, documentaries and commentaries about the royal family. Since, Morton has gone on to write No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers on Monica Lewinsky, Madonna, David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie, as well as a ground-breaking new biography of Wallis Simpson, Wallis in Love: The Untold True Passion of the Duchess of Windsor. The winner of numerous awards, he divides his time between London and Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 6

Photograph Acknowledgements 8

Introduction Love Factually 9

Chapter 1 Hard Road to Freedom 15

Chapter 2 The Year of Living Dangerously 27

Chapter 3 The Comfort of Strangers 61

Chapter 4 Unfinished Business 90

Chapter 5 In Search of Love 112

Chapter 6 A Princess of the World 141

Chapter 7 'They Want to Kill Me' 162

Chapter 8 Fakes, Forgeries and Secret Tapes 178

Chapter 9 The Long Goodbye 199

Chapter 10 The Crowning of the Queen of Hearts 221

Chapter 11 The Final Odyssey 247

Chapter 12 Trials of the Torch Bearers 274

Chapter 13 The Curse of the Lost Princess 298

Bibliography 314

Index 316

Editorial Reviews

"Succeeds in putting Diana's actions in context and presenting a balanced assessment of this indelible figure." —Publishers Weekly

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