- Drama, Fiction, Monarchy, Queens
A revolutionary British government orders the Queen to abdicate and the Royal family to vacate Buckingham Palace. Being rehoused on a council estate in the Midlands comes as a bit of a shock to Philip and Elizabeth. The intrusion of this family of "poshos" is a shock for their new neighbours too.
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Classical in form, contemporary, effortless and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Sue Townsend, Ian Dury, Mickey Gallagher
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 239
- Publisher
- Mandarin, Heinemann, Penguin Audiobooks
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9789578406100
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