THE KINGS SPEECH: HOW ONE MAN SAVED THE BRITISH MONARCHY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Mark Logue,Peter Conradi | 242 pages | 26 Nov 2010 | Sterling Publishing Co Inc | 9781402786761 | English | New York, United States The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy - Wikipedia Logue wasn't a British aristocrat or even an Englishman - he was a commoner and an Australian to boot. Nevertheless it was the outgoing, amiable Logue who single-handedly turned the famously nervous, tongue-tied Duke of York into one of Britain's greatest kings after his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated in over his love of Mrs Simpson. This is the previously untold story of the remarkable relationship between Logue and the haunted future King George VI, written with Logue's grandson and drawing exclusively from his grandfather Lionel's diaries and archive. It throws an extraordinary light on the intimacy of the two men, and the vital role the King's wife, the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, played in bringing them together to save her husband's reputation and reign. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Overview The King's Speech was written by London Sunday Times journalist Peter Conradi and Mark Logue—grandson of Lionel Logue, whose recently discovered diaries and correspondence contain fascinating details about these true events. About the Author Peter Conradi is a veteran journalist, an editor for the Sunday Times, and the author of several popular biographies, including the critically acclaimed Hitler's Piano Player. Related Searches. In this book View Product. A Hero Dreams. 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I highly recommend this one! Jun 01, Sharon Barrow Wilfong rated it it was amazing. I thought this was a very interesting book and it sparked an interest in me to know the Royal families more. Fortunately, my library has a few biographies of King George VI. Until I heard about the movie, which is very well done by the way, I did not know that the King of England had a speech impediment. This can cause serious problems when one is expected to make a lot of speeches. At first, King George VI merely wanted to be able to correct his debilitating stutter, he never imagined that he wou I thought this was a very interesting book and it sparked an interest in me to know the Royal families more. At first, King George VI merely wanted to be able to correct his debilitating stutter, he never imagined that he would eventually become King. Therefore, he hired an Australian speech therapist who had a high success rate in curing stutterers. Lionel Logue asserted that the problem had physical, not psychological origins and taught the King how to breathe correctly. For proof of his success one can turn to Youtube and listen to speeches made before his therapy started in and speeches made afterward, the most famous being his War Speech in The book is based on the diaries of Lionel Logue by his grandson Mark Logue. It is well written and as interesting as it is informative. We get a background history of the King and also Lionel Logue, how they met, how they worked together and also their ensuing relationship through the years both good times and hard. We get a glimpse of King George VI's family; how happily married he was. How strong and supportive his wife, who outlived him by fifty years, and loving she was. Truly a fairy tale marriage in many respects. And we get a smaller glimpse of their daughters Margaret and Elizabeth, who became the next in line after her father died in , at the age of If you liked the movie and are interested in British history, particularly Royal families, you will indeed enjoy this book. Fantastic fleshing out of the movie, giving you a broader picture of Logue and George VI. Their friendship was so touching. Jul 27, Natasa rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , biography-memoir-nonfiction , from-book-to-film-tv-show , owned-books. This book is fantastic! The writing style is simple to follow. I loved how they would explain what events were occurring, and how that would bring Bertie and Lionel together and develop their amazing friendship. Mar 20, Heather Moll rated it it was ok Shelves: biography-memoir. It was clear that both men respected one another and had a unique and generous friendship. I already had a good idea as to what was fictionalized for the movie and what was fact. For me it was a lot of fun to read Logue's insight into the King and see how important the relationship was to both men. Sep 17, Lynne Stringer rated it really liked it Shelves: autobiographies-biographies , historical-non-fiction. This book tells the story in more detail, creating a fascinating timeline for a man most people seemed to expect would be a failure as a king, who ended up inspiring Britain during one of the country's most trying times. It was fascinating to learn many of the facts surrounding what took place and to get a peek at the relationship between the king and Logue. This book is highly recommended for lovers of the British monarchy, of history in Britain from the s to the s, and those who want a small insight into the difficulties faced by stutterers at that time. Unfortunately, there's not a great deal on the techniques Logue used on the king, mainly because no one seems to know exactly what they were! A fascinating book. Oct 12, Wendy rated it it was amazing Shelves: paperback , nonfiction , favourites , biographies-memoirs. I loved the movie The King's Speech , which is why I bought this book. I still like the movie, but I don't really love it anymore. This is one of those times when the real story outstrips the movie version by lengths, I think. Of course, not everyone will agree with me, but that's all right. Differences of opinion make the world interesting, as that one fellow said. Can't remember who. Anyway, I really, really liked this book, in spite of the dry, documentary, 'so-and- so wrote this, and so-a I loved the movie The King's Speech , which is why I bought this book. Anyway, I really, really liked this book, in spite of the dry, documentary, 'so-and-so wrote this, and so-and-so wrote this, and this happened' style. I felt as though, in some way, I got to know the King and Logue, not as well as you'd know someone you met in person, perhaps--about as well as you'd know a pen-pal you've been corresponding with for years. The further I read, the more I developed a fondness for these two men; I was interested in the little tidbits about their careers away from each other, and the doings of their children and their wives. It was really nice. And--take this bit with a grain of salt, because I'm a big softie who's been known to tear up with very little provocation--I nearly cried at the end when they died, even though I knew it was coming I mean, if they were still alive today they'd both be over a hundred. I knew it was coming, but it was just sad. I knew I would miss them after the book was over. I'm sad to leave them behind. The real relationship seems, to me from the limited view the book gives, to have been longer, more distant, and yet sweeter than is portrayed in the movie. The difference in class between Logue and the King never really went away the book gives no evidence that Logue ever referred to the King so familiarly as he does in the movie , but there's no doubt they were very fond of each other and respected one another deeply. Another note is that I've never been familiar with the story of King George VI previous to the movie and this book, other than knowing him to be Queen Elizabeth II's father. Obviously, I now know a great deal more, but more importantly, this book left me with an affection and admiration for King George VI that I've never felt for any world leader even virtually powerless as he was. I feel that, though he ostensibly didn't do much, he was truly a great man, and I'm sorry my history classes have never even mentioned him as a footnote. I will definitely be reading this again someday.