120 pages
English language
Published Feb. 12, 2007 by Picador.
"When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely ... and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dramatically. Abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading initially alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and very funny consequences for the country at large."--Provided by publisher.
Delightful. Not many books I come across can be tagged "monarchical whimsy, but this is perhaps the third after Townsends Queen and I and the utterly spectacular Your country needs you! By MV Harland.
here, of course, the ending is a brilliant clonk over the head. I had to stop myself barking with laughter at the final sentence, as it was gone 1 in the morning when I read it.
