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| Author | Craig Brown |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate (UK) Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US) |
Publication date | 29 August 2024 |
| Pages | 672 |
| ISBN | 978-0008557492 |
A Voyage Around the Queen is a 2024 book on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, written by Craig Brown. It was published in the United States later in the same year as Q: A Voyage Around the Queen.
Writing for The Guardian , Stephen Smith called the book "a crown jewel among royal biographies", praising Brown's gift for vivid vignettes and revealing depth drawn from crowdsourced anecdotes—from courtiers to celebrities. [1] Also writing for The Guardian, John Banville found it "an engrossing, comprehensive and gloriously bizarre portrait of the late monarch" and highlighted Brown's encyclopedic research and playful yet perceptive tone. [2] Clare McHugh of The Washington Post pointed out the author's occasional tendency to dedicating too many pages to one topic but added that "Q: A Voyage Around the Queen remains absorbing, edifying and frequently laugh-out-loud funny". [3] Writing for The Wall Street Journal , Dominic Green described the book as "cleverly constructed, consistently insightful and hilarious". [4]
