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Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life

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內容簡介 莎莉．貝德爾．史密斯再次拉開簾幕，回到英國王室，以全新視角看待查爾斯三世，他是三百多年來年紀最大的王位繼承人。這本引人入勝的傳記是四年的研究和數百次訪談的結果，訪問對象包括宮廷官員、前女友、精神導師等數百人，其中一些人是首次公開發言，此書也是對查爾斯王子生活的第一個權威性著作。《Prince Charles》描寫了最真實的查爾斯王子，包括他的抱負、不安全感和信念。書中描述他孤獨的童年，他在這段時期裡努力達到父親的期望，尋求與女王母親和他的叔叔蒙巴頓勳爵的陪伴。書中描述了他在學校度過了艱難時期，他早期的戀愛經歷，對知識的追求，創業上的努力以及對精神意義的強烈探索。書中講述了他與黛安娜王妃的婚姻悲劇，他最終與真愛卡蜜拉重逢的過程，以及他與威廉、凱特、哈利和他的孫子孫女們的關係。從他華麗的宮殿到鄉村住宅，環球旅行到地方計畫，查爾斯王子擁有一種極其獨立的精神，他花了六十多年的時間等待他命中註定的皇位，過著努力遵守禮儀的生活。作者以敏銳的洞察力和對意外新細節的發現，揭示查爾斯王子的矛盾，到目前為止，他比我們所知道的更加複雜、悲慘和引人注目。NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “masterly account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the life and loves of King Charles III, Britain’s first king since 1952, shedding light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throneSally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at the man who was the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography—the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more, some speaking on the record for the first time—is the first authoritative treatment of Charles’s life.Prince Charles brings to life the real man, with all of his ambitions, insecurities, and convictions. It begins with his lonely childhood, in which he struggled to live up to his father’s expectations and sought companionship from the Queen Mother and his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten. It follows him through difficult years at school, his early love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, and his intense search for spiritual meaning. It tells of the tragedy of his marriage to Diana; his eventual reunion with his true love, Camilla; and his relationships with William, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren.Ranging from his glamorous palaces to his country homes, from his globe-trotting travels to his local initiatives, Smith shows how Prince Charles possesses a fiercely independent spirit and yet spent more than six decades waiting for his destined role, living a life dictated by protocols he often struggles to obey. With keen insight and the discovery of unexpected new details, Smith lays bare the contradictions of a man who is more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now."

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作者介紹 Sally Bedell SmithSally Bedell Smith is the author of bestselling biographies of Queen Elizabeth II; William S. Paley; Pamela Harriman; Diana, Princess of Wales; John and Jacqueline Kennedy; and Bill and Hillary Clinton. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1996, she previously worked at Time and The New York Times, where she was a cultural news reporter. In 2012, Smith was the recipient of the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence. She is the mother of three children and lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Stephen G. Smith.

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