Ma'am Darling
Biography of Princess Margaret, written by Craig Brown
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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.[1] It was published in the United States in 2018 as Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret.[2]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US)
Cover of 2017 UK hardback | |
| Author | Craig Brown |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate (UK) Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US) |
| Publication date | 21 September 2017 |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 978-0008203610 |
The book consists of "essays, lists, catalogues, diaries, palace announcements, newspaper cuttings and interviews, as well as parodies".[1]
The book won the 2018 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the biography category.[3]
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."[4]
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