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Kansalaisuus: UK
Asuinpaikat: London, England, UK
Brussels, Belgium
Zurich, Switzerland
Moscow, Russia
Koulutus: Oxford University (Brasenose College)
Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Ammatit: editor (The Sunday Times)
Lyhyt elämäkerta: Journalist and writer Peter Conradi is a graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford and Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich. He has worked as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Zurich and in Moscow, where he covered the fall of Communism. Since 1998 he has worked for The Sunday Times in London. During his time in Russia, he wrote The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia’s Most Brutal Serial Killer, the story of mass-murderer Andrei Chikatilo, published in 1992, and Mad Vlad: Vladimir Zhirinovsky and The New Russian Nationalism, which appeared two years later. Hitler’s Piano Player: The Rise and Fall of Ernst Hanfstaengl, was published in the US in 2004 and in the UK in 2005. The King’s Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy, published in November 2010 and written jointly with Mark Logue, was a best seller in America, Britain and Canada with over 350,000 copies sold, and translation rights have been sold in more than 20 countries. The Great Survivors: How Monarchy Made It into the Twenty-First Century was published in June 2012. Hot Dogs and Cocktails, the story of when FDR met King George VI at Hyde Park on Hudson, will be published in September 2013.

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Who Lost Russia?: How the World Entered a New Cold War, by Peter Conradi JAN 2017 LTER, Reviews of Early Reviewers Books (huhtikuu 2017)

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The King's Speech: Based on the Recently Discovered… Tekijä: Mark Logue

Written after the film of the same name by Lionel Logue's grandson. Not the best ever but I learned a few things.

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MMc009 | 41 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 30, 2022 |

The King's Speech: Based on the Recently Discovered… Tekijä: Mark Logue

Excellent personal account from the grandson of who we would title today Speech Therapist Mark Logue. As the book continues the friendship grows until Logue and his wife become like family to King George VI. The last sentence of the book hypothesizes that besides the teaching of how to breathe properly via the diaphragm, it was the relationship that started therapist-patient and ended up as father-son that cured the King. Interesting.

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nab6215 | 41 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 18, 2022 |

The King's Speech: Based on the Recently Discovered… Tekijä: Mark Logue

You read this book for the story. The style is nothing really special and the author, as you can see, is somewhat biased in favor of his subject (this tends to be more evident at the end when he emphasizes that, though the King is doing well, he still desperately needs Logue. A wise teacher knows when to step back). It actually showcases some of the time-crunching that happens in the Oscar-winning film and some of the stuff that the film seems to have left out (like multiple references to a higher being). But the story is a great story... of responsibility, of work, and self-discipline.

Also, to the person on someone's staff that insisted on leaving the f-word in the film, it's not mentioned here either. Just in case you cared. Which I kinda do, in a worn out sort of way. And the tag line for the books was rather, well, snarky and slightly unpatriotic(assuming, that is, that Logue still lives in Britain).… (lisätietoja)

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OutOfTheBestBooks | 41 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 24, 2021 |

The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British… Tekijä: Mark Logue

3.5 stars

Mark Logue is the grandson of Lionel Logue, who left Australia with his wife to move to England in the early 20th century. This was after he’d started helping people with their public speaking. When he arrived in England, he continued his business there, and ended up with the future King of England as one of the people he was helping.

“Bertie” had a stutter and was terrified of public speaking (not so good when you are royalty!). Initially, he was not meant to become king, but when his older brother abdicated, Bertie (now King George VI) was next in line. Lionel was a lifeline for the king, as Lionel helped Bertie before every speech he had to make for a very long time. They became friends, as much as the king and a commoner could.

This was good. I have seen the movie, but I don’t think much time was spent on Lionel’s life. The book actually did spend more time on Lionel than the movie did. In addition to Bertie/King George’s life. Mark used many letters between the two men to write this biography.

There was a section in the middle, describing events during WWII that I lost a bit of interest in, but I quite enjoyed it before and after (and it wasn’t all the events of the war where I lost interest, so it may just have been that I was tired when I read that part!). We also get small glimpses into (now) Queen Elizabeth’s young life, as well. The book also follows both men to their deaths – though Logue was 15 years King George’s senior, Logue outlasted the king, but not by very long.… (lisätietoja)

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LibraryCin | 41 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 14, 2021 |

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