{"product_id":"swan-song-diana-my-sister-beautiful-beloved-hunted-hardcover","title":"Swan Song: Diana, my sister. Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted. (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and\ndeath of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Head-spinning, fascinating, truly touching, devastating. A portrait of\nDiana that is affectionate, sad, and lovely’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Explosive, devastating, astonishing, extraordinary’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily\nMail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eWhen asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with\nDiana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was like \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003eto\ngrow up with her…’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster\nAbbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved\nsister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story\nof his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were\ninseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s\nclosest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely\nchallenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies and helped each other\nthrough the agony of their parents’ divorce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of\nWales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw\nhis older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her\ntreasured sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage\ncrumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for\nDiana – until that black night in August, 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSwan Song\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Spencer provides the most\nintimate, loving and honest portrait yet of his sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Compelling, fascinating, a solemn act of brotherly devotion ’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A poignant, honest portrayal . . . and one that will endure’ \u003ci\u003eDaily\nExpress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPraise for Charles Spencer’s writing:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully\nbeautiful prose’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Acutely observant, his turn of phrase is often\ndelightful'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A moving, heartbreaking memoir’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A tour de force'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, historian, public\nspeaker, broadcaster and journalist. He is also the 9th Earl Spencer. Spencer\nis the author of nine non-fiction books, including four \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\nbestsellers. A globally in-demand keynote speaker, he worked for NBC News as an\non-air correspondent from 1986 to 1995. He has presented for the History\nChannel, was a co-host of the hit \u003ci\u003eRabbit Hole Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e podcast, and\nhas written for many newspapers and magazines. He is a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial\nTimes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSpencer was educated at Eton College, and at Magdalen\nCollege, Oxford, where he obtained his MA in Modern History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow\nof the Society of Antiquaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46152577810639,"sku":"9780241825594","price":61.04,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_bef173d1-bc34-4401-9769-f5083306b1c1.jpg?v=1790236636","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/swan-song-diana-my-sister-beautiful-beloved-hunted-hardcover","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}