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Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret

von Craig Brown

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She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950s heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death in 2002, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. Such an enigmatic and divisive figure demands a reckoning that is far from the usual fare. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues, and essays, Craig Brown's Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society.… (mehr)
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I borrowed this book because it got such extraordinary reviews. Fascinating. One of the most original things I've read in years. HOW DID HE DO IT?! ( )
  fmclellan | Jan 23, 2024 |
Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding.
In her 1950s heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman.
The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy, and tragedy as pantomime. It is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled.

I have to admit I have never been a fan of Princess Margaret. I like the Royal Family but she was one I could never warm to. The book was very interesting giving insights into her life and the other Royals. PM appeared to be someone who had a very high regard for herself, she could be very rude and had no problem letting people know who she was and how she had to be treated. She talked to people as if they were dirt on her shoe…..not a nice woman at all. I suppose she had some good points and there are people who remained loyal to her. Royal or not, I would never have let her talk to me like she did to others. It’s a very readable book but it definitely leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth as far as PM is concerned. ( )
  mazda502001 | Jun 7, 2023 |
Really a sad life. She seemed so glamorous but the lack of purpose made it impossible for her to be happy. ( )
  bjsikes | Jan 30, 2023 |
depressing
  j.alice | Jan 9, 2023 |
This is a good book what I don't like about it is it's disorganized I think a biography should start with the person's childhood and end with their death whereas this book just does little segments from anytime and place. ( )
  laurelzito | Nov 28, 2022 |
Ma’am Darling is, as you would expect, very funny; also, full of quirky facts and genial footnotes. Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books and documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity. His general approach to his fellow humans is benignly sceptical, while convinced that if you look carefully enough, everyone is fundamentally absurd and probably self-deceiving, and at their most absurd and self-deceiving where sex and money and rank are concerned
hinzugefügt von Milesc | bearbeitenThe Guardian, Julian Barnes (Oct 7, 2017)
 
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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter this evening. Both Her Royal Highness and the infant Princess are making very satisfactory progress.
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She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950s heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death in 2002, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. Such an enigmatic and divisive figure demands a reckoning that is far from the usual fare. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues, and essays, Craig Brown's Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society.

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