The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
- ISBN-10
- 0374280967
- ISBN-13
- 9780374280963
- Series
- The Uncommon Reader
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 120
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-09-18
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Alan Bennett
Description
Obliged to borrow a book when her corgis stray into a mobile library, the Queen discovers a passion for reading, setting the palace upon its head and causing the royal head of Great Britain to question her role in the monarchy.
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- 2008-09-04
- 79 pages
- Paperback
- Faber & Faber
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