The King's speech / Mark Logue and Peter Conradi.

  • Logue, Mark.
Date:
2010
  • Books

About this work

Description

Presents the life of the Australian speech therapist who helped the English king, George VI, overcome a lifelong speech disorder and become an eloquent leader of his people during the difficult days of World War II.

Publication/Creation

New York : Sterling, 2010.

Physical description

xiv, 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

God save the King -- The "common colonial" -- Passage to England -- Growing pains -- Diagnosis -- Court dress with feathers -- The calm before the storm -- Edward VIII's 327 days -- In the shadow of the coronation -- After the coronation -- The path to war -- "Kill the Austrian house painter" -- Dunkirk and the dark days -- The tide turns -- Victory -- The last words.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-232) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZPXA (George)
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781402786761
  • 140278676X