![]() ![]() In her 1950s heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. " -Karen Heller, The Washington PostĪ witty and profound portrait of the most talked-about English royal She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. His book is big fun, equal measures insightful and hysterical. "Brown has done something astonishing: He makes the reader care, even sympathize, with perhaps the last subject worthy of such affection. to those who gawked at her, who huddled around her, pens poised over their diaries, hoping for the show she never denied them. ![]() The wisdom of the book, and the artistry, is in how Brown subtly expands his lens from Margaret's misbehavior. " -Anna Mundow, The Wall Street Journal " I ripped through the book with the avidity of Margaret attacking her morning vodka and orange juice. who swooned to Netflix's The Crown, this book will be manna from heaven." -Hamish Bowles, Vogue " Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a brilliant, eccentric treat. "Rollicking, irresistible, un-put-downable. ![]()
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