I had "Prince Philip" sent over from another branch, and when it came in my coworker gave it to me and said: "boy, he's a handsome fellow, isn't he?". Yes, yes he was. This bio covered Philip's early years, from birth until his wife's coronation. Philip was the last child of five children, the only boy. His father was run out of Greece, where he was in line for the throne, when Philip was just an infant. They spent his childhood bouncing around Europe, basically homeless. His mother had mental health issues and was hospitalized, his father took off to go live in Monte Carlo with his mistress. Philip was in school, and over his holidays he would go to various relatives' homes, never having a stable home of his own to look forward to, which was why when he and Elizabeth had to give up Clarence House when she became Queen it was so heartbreaking for him. He sounds like he was pretty stoic about the whole thing: growing up royal but poor. People enjoyed having him around because he was fun and outgoing and charming. The fact that he didn't have the right clothes or a name didn't seem to bother him, at least not outwardly. It was very good, I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed Christopher Moore's latest, "Noir", as well, it was (typical of Moore) funny and off-beat and quirky. Set in San Francisco in 1947, Sammy is a bartender with a bum foot who meets a gorgeous girl named Stilton (yes, like the cheese). Lots of strange adventures ensued. I can't sum it up without giving too much away, but there was an alien from Roswell, a deadly black mamba, and a foul mouthed kid all wrapped up in it.
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