Elizabeth R applies the classic formula of the Brief Life to the most recognized yet still mysterious woman in the world, Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth R applies the classic formula of the Brief Life to the most recognized yet still mysterious woman in the world, Queen Elizabeth II. For more than thirty years Robert Lacey has been gathering material from the members of the Queen's inner circle - her friends, relatives, private secretaries and prime ministers - and the results are distilled in this elegant, small format hardback, at under 10 contrasting deliberately with the other weighty and expensive Jubilee tomes. Tracing the Queen's life through its major stages Elizabeth R offers the freshness of the first-hand insights and the compelling story-telling for which Robert Lacey' s best-selling biographies are famous. Praise for Robert Lacey: 'Incredibly readable. captures her qualities of fun, kindness and true grit' Jilly Cooper 'Robert Lacey is the King of royal biographers' Kitty Kelley 'Robert Lacey makes you feel like yo' re right there, in the palace, in the castle.' Vanity Fair.