Diana

*20th anniversary edition featuring a new afterword*Glamour. Duty. Tragedy: The Woman Behind the Princess. Sarah Bradford delivers an authoritative and explosive study of the greatest icon of the twentieth century: Diana.After more than a decade interviewing those closest to the Princess and her select circle Sarah Bradford exposes the real Diana: the blighted childhood the old-fashioned courtship which saw her capture the Prince of Wales the damage caused by the spectre of Camilla Parker Bowles through to the collapse of the royal marriage and Dianas final and complicated year as single woman. Diana paints an honest portrait of a woman riddled with contradictions and whose vulnerability and unique empathy with the suffering made her one of the most extraordinary figures of the modern age. Review The definitive biography. In this authoritative account Bradford paints a revealing accurate portrait of a complex woman flawed and adored in equal measure. ―Daily TelegraphReaders will find themselves gripped by this gloriously gossipy account. Bradford is even-handed and unafraid. -- Jeremy Lewis ―Sunday Times Books of the YearDiana is Sarah Bradfords excellent and authoritative new biography of the most extraordinary woman in recent history ... Sarah Bradford has set a high standard for the others to follow -- Virginia Blackburn ―Daily ExpressYou feel from this book that you know the woman as she probably was and that is because perhaps for the first time a grown-up has written about her -- Adam Nicolson ―Evening StandardBradford has a real grasp of history and the ability to make it spark into new life ―Sunday TelegraphA woman of intelligence and taste ...Bradford is an excellent writer who has produced a balanced and well-researched biography. -- Philip Hensher ―SpectatorA very sad story. Bradford tells it eloquently but its her admirable detachment that leaves one pitying all not one of the characters involved. -- Antonia Fraser ―Guardian Books of the Year About the Author Sarah Bradford is a historian and biographer. Her books includeCesare Borgia (1976) Disraeli (1982) winner of theNew York Times Book of the Year Princess Grace (1984) Sacherevell Sitwell (1993) Elizabeth: A Biography of Her Majesty the Queen (1996) Americas Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (2000) Lucrezia Borgia (2005) andDiana (2007). She frequently appears on television as an authority on her biographical subjects and as a commentator on notable royal events. She lives in London.