Cover of 2017 UK hardback | |
Author | Craig Brown |
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Language | English |
Genre | Biography |
Publisher | Fourth Estate (UK) Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US) |
Publication date | 21 September 2017 |
Pages | 432 |
ISBN | 978-0008203610 |
Ma'am Darling: Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a 2017 book on the life of Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, written by Craig Brown. It was published in the United States in 2018 as Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret.
The book consists of "essays, lists, catalogues, diaries, palace announcements, newspaper cuttings and interviews, as well as parodies".
The book won the 2018 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the biography category. It was well received by literary critics, with review aggregator Bookmarks reporting zero negative and two mixed reviews among 14 total, indicating "rave" reviews.
Speaking in 2019, Princess Margaret's close friend and lady-in-waiting Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner, described Ma'am Darling as "that horrible book, we won't mention the name of the somebody who wrote it. I don't know why people want to rot her like that."
References
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (17 September 2017). "Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- Heller, Karen (1 August 2018). "Princess Margaret's beauty and arrogance are on parade in 'Ninety-Nine Glimpses'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- "Prize for 'unconventional' royal biography". BBC News. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- "Book Marks reviews of Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown".
- Freeman, Hadley (20 March 2020). "'I'm no snowflake': Anne Glenconner on Margaret, marriage and Meghan Markle". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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