Diana: The Last Year
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Book Overview
For Diana, her final year was in many ways the most fascinating and insightful of her life. It was a turbulent, often amazing period in which she formally severed her marriage ties to the heir to the British throne, fell passionately in love with Dodi al-Fayed, and truly began to come into her own after years of personal adversity. In the first hours and days after the news of Diana's death in Paris shocked the world, major media outlets from CNN to NBC turned to Donald Spoto for help in articulating the meaning of the tragedy and understanding its effect on the British monarchy, the worldwide public who admired and loved her, and, most important, her own family. In Diana: The Last Year, Spoto tells for the first time the complete story of a woman in conflict. Diana was driven by a philanthropic desire to relieve suffering and change the world for the better. But she was also determined to make up for a youth that was taken from her, at the age of nineteen, when she entered the restrictive and, from her perspective, decidedly chilly House of Windsor. Like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, Diana in her last year was re-creating her public and private self.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0609603183
ISBN13:9780609603185
Release Date:November 1997
Publisher:Harmony
Length:220 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Shows her the way she was
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
While Andrew Morton's "Diana Her True Story" and "Diana Her New Life" chronicled the Princess's unhappy life in the Royal Family prior to her 1996 divorce from Dumbo Ears (sorry, Prince Charles), Donald Spoto's account describes her life post divorce until her tragic and untimely death. In the process he highlights all the aspects of her character, both good and bad, that caused the world to fall in love with her forever. This is a great tribute to you, dear Diana. May you rest eternally in peace.
An Account of Diana's Last, Frantic Year
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A good accounting of Diana's last year as she was spinning out of control. When you read about all of her comings and goings you wonder if she had any idea of how it would turn out? Did she know it would soon end?One of my favorite books about her. I wonder about the Royal Family and how they manage to keep going. Is a puzzlement.
Shows all.... but with a quality of mercy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
One gets the full story from Soto. You don't get every salvo from the war of the Wales.But does one need that? Important facts, such as Diana's understanding that the 10,000 bouquet from the public, was as important as her first, are there.I felt he understood Diana and her impact on people better than most. It' has a tenderness that's vital when considering her life. The book I recommend when asked about Diana books.
ONE OF THE BEST DIANA BOOKS AVAILABLE!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I have been reading books on Princess Diana since 1981 and this has to be one of the best. Diana, The last year has to be one of the better written books on Diana. It is worth the money and is the type of book that you will go back to time and time again
I thought it was good. The best book would be written by her
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
It showed the side of her life that was good and bad. She was a wonderful person! I don't believe that she ever new how much she was loved by others. She will live on forever in our hearts. May you now rest in peace! May you always guide your wonderful son's. I hope that I meet you in my enternal life.!
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