Edward White Dianaworld : An Obsession Hardback Book

A brilliant, kaleidoscopic new cultural history of Diana, her many lives and the world she createdThe best thing Ive ever read about Princess Diana and Ive read all of it, including her own books Marina HydeA wideranging cultural history of the former Princess of Wales... Dianaworld teems with striking, odd anecdotes that will be irresistible to anyone with an eye for Dianarelated ephemera Katie Rosseinsky, IndependentIn February 1981 a 19yearold nursery teachers assistant overnight became globally famous. In a frenzy of excitement, jumping every barrier of language and class, a new, overwhelming icon was conjured up. This is a guide to Dianaworld the extraordinary hallofmirrors through which one young woman, the worlds media, the royal family, and everybody else stalked one another. Fashionplate, breeder of heirs, role model, fantasy object, saint and sinner, Diana gripped the minds of millions of people in ways which were unique, complex and distressing. After her death, chased by paparazzi through a Paris traffic tunnel, an estimated 2.5 billion people watched her funeral. Edward White examines Princess Diana as the complex figure she was a scion of a great aristocratic house, wife of the future king, mother of his heirs, an inspiration and delight to countless people for many years. And yet, of course a human being inevitably and woefully underequipped either to deal with the horrors of the House of Windsor or control, or even lightly supervise, the Dianaworld she... | Edward White Dianaworld : An Obsession Hardback Book