Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
by Craig Brown
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography | 2017 | Winner |
About This Book
Craig Brown's unconventional biography of Princess Margaret (1930–2002) abandons chronological narrative in favour of ninety-nine fragmentary chapters — anecdotes, impressions, lists, parodies, and imagined encounters. It is at once absurdist comedy, social history, and genuine portrait of a frustrated life lived in the shadow of a crown. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography in 2017.
About the Author
Craig Brown is a British journalist, critic, and satirist born in 1957. He has written columns for Private Eye, The Mail on Sunday, and many other publications for over forty years, and is one of Britain's finest prose parodists. He is the author of numerous collections of parody and comic journalism, including This Is Craig Brown (2003) and Hello Goodbye Hello (2012). Read more →
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