This guide to resources about the Queen, in celebration of her 60 years on the throne, is brought to you by guest contributor, Margaret Brill. Margaret is British Studies librarian at Perkins Library and a former subject of Her Majesty.
View key moments from the Thames River Pageant, courtesy of the BBC news, and 60 years of the Queen’s style in pictures from theguardian and not to be outdone, The Telegraph‘s 60 years in 60 photographs.
The Queen
Bradford, Sarah, 1938- Queen Elizabeth : her life in our times. London : Viking, 2012. Perkins/Bostock Library New & Noteworthy, DA590 .B695 2012
Brown, Susanna. Queen Elizabeth II : Portraits by Cecil Beaton. London : Victoria & Albert Publishing, 2011. Lilly Library TR140.B438 B769 2011
Lacey, Robert. A brief life of the Queen. London : Duckworth, 2012. Perkins/Bostock Library. [On order]
Moorhouse, Paul. The Queen : art & image. London : National Portrait Gallery ; Manchester [England] ; New York : In association with Hudson Hills Press, 2011. Lilly Library N7639.E5 M66 2011
Smith, Sally Bedell, 1948- Elizabeth the Queen : inside the life of a modern monarch . New York : Random House, 2011.
Perkins/Bostock Library New & Noteworthy DA590 .S55
More materials about the Queen
The Monarchy
Olechnowicz, Andrzej, editor. The monarchy and the British nation, 1780 to the present. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2007.
The Coronation
Lloyd, Christopher, 1945- Ceremony & celebration: coronation day 1953. London : Royal Collection, 2003. Perkins/Bostock Library DA592 .L46 2003
Illustrated London News Coronation Number, Queen Elizabeth II. LibraryService Center DA590 .I47 1953; Rubenstein Library E f#326 c.1-2
Websites
The Official Website
UK National Archives Jubilee Website
Videos
The House of Windsor [videorecording] : from George to Kate. Lilly Library, DVD 21665.
Monarchy [videorecording]. by David Starkey. Lilly Library (1 copy available) Lilly Library, Series One: DVD 20804 disc1+2 c.1; Series Two: DVD 20805 disc1+2 c.1; Series Three: DVD 20806 disc1+2 c.1
The Queen [videorecording]. Movie starring Helen Mirren. Lilly Library DVD 10258.
A Queen is crowned [videorecording] Videocassette of the Coronation in 1953. Library Service Center VC 1995 c.1.
| Bradford, Sarah, 1938- Queen Elizabeth : her life in our times | Get this title |
London : Viking, 2012.
Library Location Call Number Status Perkins/Bostock Library New & Noteworthy
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Bradford, Sarah, 1938- Format: Book Published: London : Viking, 2012.
Library Location Call Number Status Perkins/Bostock Library New & Noteworthy
Click for map DA590 .B695 2012
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Wow thanks for all the given resources about Queen Elizabeth. Worth my time checking it.