The Diana Chronicles

By: Tina Brown

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she "the people's princess", who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy?

Only Tina Brown, former editor-in-chief of Tatler, England's glossiest gossip magazine, as well as Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, could possibly give us the truth. Tina knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen.

In The Diana Chronicles, you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society that shaped them. Among them are Diana's sexually charged mother, her bad-girl sister-in-law, Fergie, and, most formidable of them all, her mother-in-law, the Queen. Add Camilla Parker Bowles, the ultimate "other woman", into this combustible mix, and it's no wonder that Diana broke out of her royal cage into celebrity culture, where she found her own power and used it to devastating effect.

©2007 Tina Brown (P)2007 Books on Tape

Critic reviews

"Tina Brown has produced something that is, as well as absorbing and stirring, witty and penetrating." (Christopher Hitchens)
"A delightfully smart and insightful book that...weaves a compelling human drama into a rich social history." (Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe)
"This is not only first-rate biography, but a marvelous social history, and a bitingly accurate portrait of the English upper classes." (Michael Korda, author of Charmed Lives and Ike)

Impressive, Thorough, and Entertaining

I have always loved Diana but recently realized I knew very little about her and desired to know more from a trustworthy biographer/source, since most of what I had read before verged on concpiracy. This book is exactly what I was looking for, and I highly recommend it.

Diana

Well researched by Tina Brown as usual. Informative yet human. Excellent delivery. I’ll listen to it again.

Literate, intelligent, and dishy

What could be better than a dishy book, written by an accomplished author with an unfashionably large vocabulary and a great sense of social and cultural history, read by a marvelous reader whose mastery of French pronunciation is as flawless as her English? Entertaining, enlightening, and totally engaging, this is a marvelous book. I heartily recommend it to all lovers of first-rate biography.

Kept me interested.

Where does The Diana Chronicles rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Probably around and 8 on a scale from 1 to 10.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Diana Chronicles?

Her death.

What about Rosalyn Landor’s performance did you like?

Even though she jumped from present to past to present, the book was not hard to follow.

The Princess that Never Dies

What made the experience of listening to The Diana Chronicles the most enjoyable?

I could not think of anything that was left out.

What did you like best about this story?

Just when you think the writer is biased toward Diana, she gives info that makes you realise that here is a person being presented warts and all and you still love her.

Which scene was your favorite?

I like the way her last day was dealt with. There seemed to be info about the crash that I had not heard before.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes....plus there were times that although you see the best in Diana...there are other times you would have liked to shake her and say WTF! For a loving and caring person....pushing her mother in law down the stairs was totally upsurd! I can't believe she would do that!

Any additional comments?

I think if Diana had shown the empathy and love to those closest to her as she did to strangers she would have been a happier person.
I also think Charles missed a golden opportunity to mould this young girl to be the woman of his dreams. Very sad.

Best written book of Princess Diana.

I love this book. The narrator is one of the best by far. Depicted very well.

LOVED

I love how the author structured the story, I held onto every word. Excellent job. Easy to follow along for those who don't have a British accent as well.

The definitive biography. Superb.

One of the best-narrated audiobooks I have listened to (5 times). I've read the book several times as well, but you hear things phrased differently in the spoken word.

Horrible Audio Quality

This is an interesting book, although the one by Sarah Bradford is better. I was extremely disappointed in the audio quality of this book. There is an echo and the narrator sounds like she's in a tunnel. I expected much better for the price.

Best Bio of the late Princess

Excellent narration. I believe I've heard her before. The finest bio of Diana, while touching on other characters as well. 10/10, would highly recommend.