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Queen Camilla

By Sue Townsend

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| Hardcover | 9780718148560

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Long live King Graham

Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend 464pp, Michael Joseph, £18.99 I wonder if the Queen ever reads any of the books written about her dysfunctional family? This autumn, in addition to Sarah Bradford's biography of Diana, we have had another torrent of trea ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

The country's gone to the dogs

Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend Michael Joseph £18.99, pp443 Talking dogs: are they funny? If you don't think so and have little confidence that your prejudice can be changed, then Sue Townsend's latest novel, a follow-up to 1992's The Queen and I, is ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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The sequel of: The Queen and I, that I have loved! But if an idea is good it doesn't mean you have to go on and bore the readers with it... We left the royals, who after an election lost all their rights, in exile "at home" in a very bad environment "Hell Close" together with lost families, criminal ... (continue)

The sequel of: The Queen and I, that I have loved! But if an idea is good it doesn't mean you have to go on and bore the readers with it... We left the royals, who after an election lost all their rights, in exile "at home" in a very bad environment "Hell Close" together with lost families, criminals and so on... The first book was brilliant because it was really funny to read about them not used to "normal" life and daily struggle with money, but this book even with surprise "bastard" children and other unexpected events it's quite boring actually!
My advice is to read other books by Sue Townsend such as the Adrian Mole series! Really funny The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.; it has been one of the first books I read in Italian and I even landed on a teenage magazine with my review! Then there is Adrian Mole Minor to Major and Adrian Mole and Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years.
So... read these and "Queen Camilla"... well... if you really want...!
Il sequel di: The Queen and I, che mi era piaciuto un sacco! Ma se un'idea è buona non è una gran cosa continuare fino a stufare i lettori... Eravamo rimasti che la famiglia reale era stata detronizzata e confinata in un esilio “in casa” in un quartiere di famiglie in rovina, mezzi criminali ecc.. Se nel primo era da morire dal ridere leggere quello che succedeva ai reali non abituati alla vita “normale”, questo secondo tentativo di condire la storia con figli “bastardi” a sorpresa ed altri colpi di scena, lasciano un sorrisino a volte, ma nulla più!
Di questa scrittrice però consigli di leggere le vicende di Adrian Mole, dall'adolescenza all'età adulta! Divertentissimo The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4., è stato uno dei primissimi libri che ho letto – in italiano ovviamente – e inoltre la mia “recensione” allora gli ha attribuito un bel posto nella rubrica dei libri sul Cioè (vi lascio pensare quanto ero piccola!). Poi continua e con Adrian Mole Minor to Major, con Adrian Mole, con Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years.
Insomma questi li consiglio, mentre “Queen Camilla”... beh, fate voi!

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