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For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, a deliciously entertaining collection of 101 fascinating and funny anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother--one for each year of her life. During her lifetime, the Queen Mother was as famous for her clever quips, pointed observations, and dry-as-a-martini delivery style as she was for being a beloved royal. Now, Do Let's Have Another Drink recounts 101 (one for each year of her remarkable life) amusing and astonishing vignettes from across her long life, including her coming of age during World War I, the abdication of her brother-in-law and her unexpected ascendance to the throne, and her half century of widowhood as her daughter reigned over the United Kingdom. Featuring new revelations and colorful anecdotes about the woman Cecil Beaton, the high society photographer, once summarized as ""a marshmallow made on a welding machine,"" Do Let's Have Another Drink is a delightful celebration of one of the most consistently popular members of the royal family.

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Utterly glorious. --Emerald Fennell, actress and Oscar-winning screenwriter

Utterly glorious. --Emerald Fennell, actress and Oscar-winning screenwriter In this wise, witty, and surprisingly moving study, historian Gareth Russell has cleverly compiled a deliciously exuberant collection of vignettes which expose the style, sharpness, and substance of a much-loved Queen. Groundbreaking new research is beautifully woven between wicked anecdotes and touching testimony. Perhaps most importantly, Russell has re-injected colour, wit, and humanity back into the legacy of a Queen who has, in recent times, been inexplicably rendered cold and grey. This beautifully erudite, tender, and celebratory study is a joyful corrective. A triumph. --Dr. Owen Emmerson, co-author of The Boleyns of Hever Castle

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Educated at Oxford University and Queen's University, Belfast, Gareth Russell is a historian, novelist, and playwright. He is the author of several books, including The Palace, The Ship of Dreams, Young and Damned and Fair, The Emperors, and Do Let's Have Another Drink. He lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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