She s here to talk about her new biography of elizabeth who is in her 60th year as queen her diamond anniversary it is and chronicling the lives of william paley pamela harriman diana both the kennedy s and the clintons. I think that sally has well established herself as a prominent biographer prominent and bestselling biographer i should say for the past 15 years. She s also been a contributing editor to vogue. And before that she wrote for time and she was a cultural reporter for the new york times. During the time just as a personal side that she was researching this biography. She and well, she was interviewing over 200 people and spending six months in residence in london. Her daughter was married. This was a true angloamerican event her daughter married in english army officer at the guards chapel, which is just what she says was a stone s throw for buckingham palace. Um the part that i ve just telling sally the part of elizabeth s life that i was so impressed with was her comple
Let me tell you because if we re going to have a long line this evening. So if you want a book signed, but you don t want to stand in line purchase a book leave it at the information counter for with the instructions of how you would like it signed and then you can pick it up anytime after tomorrow morning. We ll get it signed for you. I m barbara meade. I m one of the founders of politics and prose and this evening. I want to welcome sally bedell smith. I ve introduced hers several times before and this evening. She s here to talk about her new biography of elizabeth who is in her 60th year as queen her diamond anniversary it is and chronicling the lives of william paley pamela harriman diana both the kennedys and the clintons. I think that sally has well established herself as a prominent biographer prominent and bestselling biographer i should say for the past 15 years. She s also been a contributing editor to vogue. And before that she wrote for time and she was a cultural reporter
Let me tell you because if we re going to have a long line this evening. So if you want a book signed, but you don t want to stand in line purchase a book leave it at the information counter for with the instructions of how you would like it signed and then you can pick it up anytime after tomorrow morning. We ll get it signed for you. I m barbara meade. I m one of the founders of politics and prose and this evening. I want to welcome sally bedell smith. I ve introduced hers several times before and this evening. She s here to talk about her new biography of elizabeth who is in her 60th year as queen her diamond anniversary it is and chronicling the lives of william paley pamela harriman diana both the kennedys and the clintons. I think that sally has well established herself as a prominent biographer prominent and bestselling biographer i should say for the past 15 years. She s also been a contributing editor to vogue. And before that she wrote for time and she was a cultural reporter
But you don t want to stand in line purchase a book leave it at the information counter for with the instructions of how you would like it signed and then you can pick it up anytime after tomorrow morning. We ll get it signed for you. I m barbara meade. I m one of the founders of politics and prose and this evening. I want to welcome sally bedell smith. I ve introduced hers several times before and this evening. She s here to talk about her new biography of elizabeth who is in her 60th year as queen her diamond anniversary it is and chronicling the lives of william paley pamela harriman diana both the kennedys and the clintons. I think that sally has well established herself as a prominent biographer prominent and bestselling biographer i should say for the past 15 years. She s also been a contributing editor to vogue. And before that she wrote for time and she was a cultural reporter for the new york times. During the time just as a personal side that she was researching this biograph
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