Vista previa
  • The Palace Papers

  • Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
  • De: Tina Brown
  • Narrado por: Tina Brown
  • Duración: 18 h y 11 m
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,401 calificaciones)

Prime logotipo Exclusivo para miembros Prime: ¿Nuevo en Audible? Obtén 2 audiolibros gratis con tu prueba.
Elige 1 audiolibro al mes de nuestra inigualable colección.
Escucha todo lo que quieras de entre miles de audiolibros, Originals y podcasts incluidos.
Accede a ofertas y descuentos exclusivos.
Premium Plus se renueva automáticamente por $14.95 al mes después de 30 días. Cancela en cualquier momento.

The Palace Papers

De: Tina Brown
Narrado por: Tina Brown
Prueba por $0.00

$14.95 al mes después de 30 días. Cancela en cualquier momento.

Compra ahora por $24.75

Compra ahora por $24.75

la tarjeta con terminación
Al confirmar tu compra, aceptas las Condiciones de Uso de Audible y el Aviso de Privacidad de Amazon. Impuestos a cobrar según aplique.

Resumen del Editor

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises

“Frothy and forthright, a kind of
Keeping Up with the Windsors with sprinkles of Keats.”—The New York Times (Notable Book of the Year)

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:
The Washington Post, Elle, Town & Country

“Never again” became Queen Elizabeth II’s mantra shortly after Princess Diana’s tragic death. More specif­ically, there could never be “another Diana”—a mem­ber of the family whose global popularity upstaged, outshone, and posed an existential threat to the Brit­ish monarchy.

Picking up where Tina Brown’s masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after the trau­matic years when Diana’s blazing celebrity ripped through the House of Windsor like a comet.

Brown takes listeners on a tour de force journey through the scandals, love affairs, power plays, and betrayals that have buffeted the monarchy over the last twenty-five years. We see the Queen’s stoic re­solve after the passing of Princess Margaret, the Queen Mother, and Prince Philip, her partner for seven decades, and how she triumphs in her Jubilee years even as family troubles rage around her. Brown explores Prince Charles’s determination to make Camilla Parker Bowles his wife, the tension between William and Harry on “different paths,” the ascend­ance of Kate Middleton, the downfall of Prince An­drew, and Harry and Meghan’s stunning decision to step back as senior royals. Despite the fragile monar­chy’s best efforts, “never again” seems fast approaching.

Tina Brown has been observing and chronicling the British monarchy for three decades, and her sweeping account is full of powerful revelations, newly reported details, and searing insight gleaned from remarkable access to royal insiders. Stylish, witty, and erudite, The Palace Papers will irrevoca­bly change how the world perceives and under­stands the royal family.

©2022 Random House (P)2022 Random House Audio
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Zingers crisscross these pages like tracer fire. . . . [Tina Brown] becomes the ideal tour guide: witty, opinionated and adept at moving us smoothly from bedchamber to belowstairs while offering side trips to the cesspits of the tabloid press, the striving world of second-tier celebrities and the threadbare lodgings of palace supernumeraries.”The Wall Street Journal

“[Tina Brown] deploys her sterling contacts and deeply embedded sources, her familiarity with British royal history and her personal encounters with royals, palace courtiers, politicians and journalists to serve up a luscious feast of . . . well, yes, gossip. But what elegant gossip, dressed up in Brown’s stylish sentences and erudite insights.”—USA Today

“Gripping . . . [The] real power of this book is the cumulative picture it builds of lives as they have to be lived by the rules and customs of the Windsor palaces.”The Daily Beast

Featured Article: Best of the Year—The 12 Best History Listens of 2022


We’ve noticed—and applaud—a trend in our members' preferences for history: Audible listeners want to hear about events of the past with both discipline and nuance. You want authoritative synthesis and reliable facts, but also to hear about people's lived experience, preferably in novelistic detail. And all of us love some juicy reconstruction from time to time. This year, we picked the best performances to fill that tall order.

Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Palace Papers

Calificaciones medias de los clientes
Total
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 estrellas
    1,808
  • 4 estrellas
    364
  • 3 estrellas
    147
  • 2 estrellas
    38
  • 1 estrella
    44
Ejecución
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 estrellas
    1,601
  • 4 estrellas
    292
  • 3 estrellas
    101
  • 2 estrellas
    51
  • 1 estrella
    40
Historia
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 estrellas
    1,552
  • 4 estrellas
    317
  • 3 estrellas
    111
  • 2 estrellas
    41
  • 1 estrella
    40

Reseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.

Ordenar por:
Filtrar por:
  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

Detailed and Balanced

I got this on a whim, wanting to know more about the controversy, since I’m not normally a royal watcher, but a history buff. Im already tired of Harry’s whining and Megan’s snarky brand of narcissism, so I tried to pick a neutral source. I found the book to be detailed and balanced. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 7 personas

  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

Masterful delivery by Tina Brown

Tina Brown brings the events around the Royal family to life in a way that even a staunch Royal follower will find enlightening. Her book has changed my mind about Meghan and Harry (I disapproved of them greatly and felt they should’ve stayed and done their duty, but this book has helped me see that the life experiences and diverse personalities of those involved would’ve ultimately made relations untenable long term). For their own survival and in the best interest of William and Kate (although that was unintended) perhaps their sudden and final break was in the end the best for all. Better to have happened sooner than later. I agree with every word of this book and it’s a masterful delivery by Tina Brown.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 2 personas

  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

Brava, Tina Brown on a marvelous book and reading.

Brava, Tina Brown on a marvelous book and reading. Aaaaaa. There distended words review.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

Perfect Timing

I elected to read this book at the end of August. Never at that time could I imagine today we would be facing the passing of the Queen with the worlds eyes once again so focused on the Royal Family. I enjoyed the book, most of it. Some of it was very foreign to me since my world is vastly different then what life is like for people living under the Monarchy. I have a better sense of who each person is through this authors eyes. At the end of the book I will say I was or am in total agreement with Meagan & Harry electing to live their lives as they see fit. I wish the family all the best (it’s got be difficult to be born into your destination without your own say) and especially Harry and Meagan.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

Well done

This comes across as a book that was researched well. Easy to read and most interesting !

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

Very Balanced and Entertaining

I wasn’t sure what to think before I started this well researched and interesting book. I’m an American who loves the Queen and all thinks monarchy. Like a lot of us Americans though I might be fascinated but would hate to fund these people!
That being said Ms Brown’s book was well researched and very balanced. She looks at the perks and extreme pressures of the royal family.
Her clipped aristocratic accent was also perfect.
Loved this book.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

All the Juicy Royal Intel

This was a fascinating and no holds barred behind the scenes look at the British monarchy in the later years after Princess Diana's death. All the majors are covered with intimate looks at life behind the scenes. From the campaign to add Camilla, the childhood of William and Harry to Kate and Meghan and Andrew's fall from grace are all here with biting commentary. Best book on the Royals since Kitty Kelley's book 'The Royals. " The audio book was read by the author and I was glued to this until finishing. A particularly good book for non Brits, as it explains how the "The Firm" works and what is expected of members of the Royal family. If this book has been written before Meghan married Harry, things might have been different. Bottom line is no one upstaged the Queen and Diana was brilliant at it.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

A great book

A great book that I found to be developmental and maturative for a young man coming of age such as myself. I found myself to be engrossed in the material and generally informed of key elements within the royal family that I was beforehand unaware of. I found this book to be realatable and generally well written and I further highly recommend this book.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

  • Total
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    4 out of 5 stars

Entertaining romp

I’m not obsessed with the royals but I know more than the average person. This book covers a lot, some fresh, some not, but it’s comprehensive. I had no problem understanding Tina Brown. I enjoyed her gossipy style.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

  • Total
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ejecución
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Historia
    5 out of 5 stars

Loved the narration

Although some were not a huge fan of the audio, I thoroughly enjoyed Tina Brown’s narration. I think it adds an entirely different dimension to the book itself, and often times found myself laughing at the way she hilariously imitates others’ voices and the overall tone of the novel. Very in-depth look into the royal family, and with a great sense of humor. Highly recommend!

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña