I've been trying to finish this biography about Queen Elizabeth II's mother *forever*. It's not that it wasn't good, it certainly was, it just kept getting pushed to the back burner as due dates for library books popped up. Shawcross was the Queen Mother's official biographer, so it was very complimentary. Elizabeth Bowes Lyon grew up in Scotland, nursing wounded soldiers as a young teen during WWI. She was very pretty and popular and had no shortage of young men, but she chose (after much persuasion on his part) Prince Albert. Since the Prince had an older brother, David, she never dreamed she would someday be queen, but after Edward VIII abdicated, Bertie became King George VI and Elizabeth became Queen. It was a very touching, loving portrait of a woman who dedicated her life to public service.
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