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Sue Townsend (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 28 Nov 2002

A seminal comic masterpiece of our time, now published for the first time in Penguin.

THE MONARCHY HAS BEEN DISMANTLED

When a Republican party wins the General Election, their first act in power is to strip the royal family of their assets andtitles and send them to live on a housing estate in the Midlands.

Exchanging Buckingham Palace for a two-bedroomed semi in Hell Close (as the locals dub it), caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed. But is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their changed circumstance or deep down are they really just like everyone else?

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (28 Nov 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0141010878
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141010878
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 89,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Sue Townsend became Britain's bestselling author of the 1980s with her books THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 3/4 and THE GROWING PAINS OF ADRIAN MOLE. She is the author of seven other novels, including THE QUEEN AND I and GHOST CHILDREN, andmost recently her collected journalism, THE PUBLIC CONFESSIONS OF A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN (AGED 55 3/4), was published in 2001. She is also well known as a playwright, and lives in Leicester.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very funny 18 Feb 2004
By "christophergb"
Format:Paperback
This is clever humour at its best. The book details the escapades of the Royal Family when they are moved into council estates following a republican victory in the general election. Sue Townsend's humourous style, as seen in Adrian Mole, is retained and this book achieves the almost unachievable in actually being more funny than Mole. The novel does give an insight into the problems of the British welfare system, but this does not prevent it from being hilarious. Everyone really MUST read this book.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book 31 May 2004
By "kate-alice"
Format:Paperback
The queen and her family are taken from Buckingham palace and placed in a housing estate by the new republican party. I haven't got a bad word to say about this book, yes the characters date the book slightly but due to fictional way they are described you can easily get past this.
The story is wonderfully written and the characters are enjoyable and realistic. The royal families individual reactions to their new situation are realistic and charming, their descriptions play on the publics perceptions of the royal family perfectly.
But the real heroes are the welcoming locals who are proud of where they come from and what they have worked for.
Each chapter is so readable pages pass with out your noticing until the end arrives leaving you wanting more! Wonderful!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Dude...Where's My *Ending*? 18 Jan 2009
By William H. Morgan
Format:Paperback
Many of the good things said about this book by other reviewers are true - it is funny (although the jokes are often repetitive), well-observed, and compassionate, and Townsend shows skill and dexterity in exploring some aspects of the disenfranchised Royals' relationships with each other and with 'The common people' which had not previously occurred.
She also demonstrates finesse in making many of the other inhabitants of 'Hell Close', the Royal Family's new neighbours, interesting and often likeable characters rather than the collection of stereotypes they initially appear to be.
I found the book entertaining, and was moderately keen to get back to it each time my reading was interrupted, in order to find out what happened next.
So what's my problem?
The ending.
I'd have quite liked one.
Yes, given the events of the book, it's difficult to see how Townsend *could* have brought things to a conclusion - but that shouldn't have excused her from trying.
Instead she writes herself into a corner and has to resort to one of the oldest authorial cliches known to bring the book to a close.
A really serious disappointment, after so much literary foreplay, to be left completely without a climax.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good look at what would never happen
A well written funny book, showing the exploits of our Queen and family when they are evicted from their palace, when the UK becomes a republic. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Scooby Doo
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny
Loved this book from start to finish. Typical Sue Townsend, I'll never be able to look at the Queen in the same light ever again!
Published 1 month ago by AnnL
2.0 out of 5 stars BOUGHT AS RECOMMENDED
My friend had read this book some years ago and said she liked it and thought I would too. We usually enjoy books that each other have previously read. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Suegra
5.0 out of 5 stars very droll
read this years ago when someone recommended it to me & loved it then. Couldn't remember what it was called so had to Google it - glad I did cos it's still very funny & hasn't... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Gazza
4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious.
Have read all the Adrian Mole series and really enjoyed them, so was looking forward to reading an alternative story by Sue Townsend. I wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published 2 months ago by and7
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny
I read this years ago in hard back, lent it out and didnt get it back. I bought it for my kindle and have had some happy chuckles. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cosmic Girl
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Great read, very funny. Now keep imagining Prince Charles wearing a shell suit appearing in court for assaulting a police officer!
Published 2 months ago by J. Littlewood
5.0 out of 5 stars The Queen and I
excellent tape - no blips - as good as new. Extremely funny and the reading by Miriam Margolyes is superb.
Published 2 months ago by jane scott
5.0 out of 5 stars The Queen and I by Sue Townsend
I haven't read this one yet but I'm looking forward to a good laugh if Sue proves true to form.
Published 3 months ago by Charlie D.
5.0 out of 5 stars The Queen and I
I love Sue Townsend books and have introduced my family to them all. Like me they are now avid readers of these hilariously funny books.
Published 3 months ago by Rosie
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