# Elizabeth II (Penguin Monarchs)

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- Authors: [Douglas Hurd](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-hurd)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4197-942-7
- Published: 2015-08-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers Elizabeth II is the longest-serving monarch who ever sat on the English or British throne. Yet her personality and influence remain elusive. This book, by a senior politician who has spent significant periods of time in her company, and is also a distinguished historian, portrays her more credibly than any other yet published. Douglas Hurd was a politician, biographer and novelist who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, as Minister for Europe (1979-83), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984-85), Home Secretary (1985-89) and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1989-95). His previous books include his Memoirs , Robert Peel: A Biography and, with Edward Young, Choose Your Weapons: The British Foreign Secretary - 200 Years of Argument, Success and Failure.