Royal Reads to Remember Queen Elizabeth

Elizabeth the Queen

The Life of a Modern Monarch

By: Sally Bedell Smith
Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Length: 21 hours 25 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “excellent, all-embracing” (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance—and a captivating window into her decades-long reign.

From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II was the object... Read more

The Last Queen

Elizabeth II's Seventy Year Battle to Save the House of Windsor

By: Clive Irving
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

A timely and revelatory new biography of Queen Elizabeth (and her family) exploring how the Windsors have evolved and thrived, as the modern world has changed around them.

 Clive Irving’s stunning new narrative biography The Last Queen probes the question of the British monarchy’s longevity.  In 2021, the Queen Elizabeth II finally appears to be... Read more

Queen of Our Times

The Life of Queen Elizabeth II

By: Robert Hardman
Narrated by: Robert Hardman
Length: 25 hours 20 minutes

Shy but with a steely self-confidence; inscrutable despite ten decades in the public eye; unflappable; devout; indulgent; outwardly reserved, inwardly passionate; unsentimental; inquisitive; young at heart.



All of these describe Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned through more seismic social change than any monarch since 1066... Read more

The Other Windsor Girl

A Novel of Princess Margaret, Royal Rebel

By: Georgie Blalock
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

“I was so excited to listen to this historical fiction novel. The story takes place just after WWII. The Hon. Vera Strathmore is introduced to Princess Margaret and they hit it off instantly. Princess Margaret is fascinated with Vera because she writes graphic romance novels. Vera becomes the Princess' Lady-In-Waiting. She also becomes the... Read more

The Other Side of the Coin

The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe

By: Angela Kelly
Narrated by: Angela Kelly
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty’s Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty’s Personal Advisor, Curator, Wardrobe and In-house Designer.... Read more

The Royal Governess

A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood

By: Wendy Holden
Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan
Length: 15 hours 58 minutes

During the childhood years of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the most famous women who ever lived, a young governess helped shape her into the icon the world knows today.
 
In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose.  Her one stipulation to their parents is... Read more

The Little Princesses

The Story of the Queen's Childhood by Her Nanny, Marion Crawford

By: Marion Crawford
Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Originally published in 1950, The Little Princesses was the first account of British Royal life inside Buckingham Palace as revealed by Marion Crawford, who served as governess to princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.



A twenty-two year old teacher recruited to look after the Duke and Duchess of York's young daughters in 1931, Marion... Read more

Princess Elizabeth's Spy

A Maggie Hope Mystery

Maggie Hope: Book #2

By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain’s beloved royals against an international plot—one that could change the course of history.
 
As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former... Read more

The Gown

A Novel of the Royal Wedding

By: Jennifer Robson
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

““Ann and Miriam are working for Norman Hartwell as embroiderers in 1947 when his firm receives a commission to create the wedding gown for Princess Elizabeth. As the two become best friends, we learn about their lives before the war and follow them as the gown is created. A fascinating look at life in post-WWII England, a time of both... Read more

The Palace Papers

Inside the House of Windsor--the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown
Narrated by: Tina Brown
Length: 18 hours 11 minutes

“I highly recommend as an audio book--it's narrated by the author, who has insider knowledge and who was awarded the Commander of the British Empire by the Queen for her services to journalism. Which is to say: the writing is excellent, and even those who have followed the royal family for years will learn new things here. I loved this, and I... Read more

The Windsor Knot

A Novel

Her Majesty the Queen Investigates: Book #1

By: SJ Bennett
Narrated by: Jane Copland
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

“A delightful whodunnit with none other than Queen Elizabeth II as sleuth. You'll read this and believe the Queen really does solve mysteries. I mean, why not? She is amazing. The audio of this book made the book all the more enjoyable. The narrator, Jane Copland, did a remarkable job with all of the voices and and sounds very much like the... Read more

All the Queen's Men

A Novel

By: SJ Bennett
Narrated by: Jane Copland
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“Sheer entertainment… Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose… This is not mere froth, it is pure confection.” — New York Times Book Review on The Windsor KnotAmateur detective Queen Elizabeth II is back in this hugely entertaining follow-up to the bestseller The Windsor Knot, in which Her Majesty must determine how a missing... Read more

Who Was Queen Elizabeth?

Who Was?

By: June Eding
Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
Length: 51 minutes

Our bestselling series is fit for a queen!

The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five languages, Elizabeth ruled for over forty years and led... Read more

My Husband and I

The Inside Story of 70 Years of the Royal Marriage

By: Ingrid Seward
Narrated by: Julie Teal
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

For more than 70 years, the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip was at the centre of the nation's life. Now, in My Husband and I, Ingrid Seward reveals the real story of their loving and enduring relationship.

When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark,... Read more

The New Royals

Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

By: Katie Nicholl
Narrated by: Heather Price
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Vanity FairRoyals correspondent and bestselling author ofWilliam and HarryandKateexplores the remarkable life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, with new chapters to include the last few months of her reign, and the rise of King Charles III. For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was... Read more