![]() ![]() ![]() Moreover, he has invented an entirely new genre, of which it is a masterpiece. brilliantly written, with a wonderful sardonic edge but also a thoughtful, at times even moving tone' Spectator `If you want a book that will have you punching your pillow in helpless laughter, this is it. ![]() Brown has done something amazing with Ma'am Darling: in my wilder moments, I wonder if he hasn't reinvented the biographical form' Observer `Like everyone else, I have been relishing Craig Brown's Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, a biography teeming with the joyous, the ghastly and the clinically fascinating' Hannah Bett, The Times `Consistently hilarious and eye-opening' Tim Adams, Observer `Heaven' India Knight, Sunday Times `The only royal biography of the year worth handing the Queen's head over for, Ma'am Darling is a modern and unconventional portrait of an old-fashioned princess as distilled and pickled through the genius of Craig Brown' Helen Davies, Sunday Times `Craig Brown has brilliantly drawn together the component parts of a complex woman' The Oldie `A playful, impish approach.Brown gives us lots of wonderful incidental detail.The deftly amused writing constantly tugs the corners of your mouth upwards' Evening Standard `A cross between biography and satire that perfectly displays Brown's rare skills as journalist and parodist', Mark Lawson, Guardian, Books of the Year `Throughout this entertaining book the anecdotes come thick and fast and the detail is sometimes jaw-dropping' The Times `Hugely entertaining. ![]()
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