{"product_id":"9780241825594-swan-song","title":"Swan Song","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiana, my sister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Head-spinning, fascinating, truly touching, devastating. A portrait of Diana that is affectionate, sad, and lovely’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Explosive, devastating, astonishing, extraordinary’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eWhen asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with Diana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was like \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003eto grow up with her…’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies and helped each other through the agony of their parents’ divorce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSwan Song\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Spencer provides the most intimate, loving and honest portrait yet of his sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling, fascinating, a solemn act of brotherly devotion ’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A poignant, honest portrayal . and one that will endure’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Credible and candid and vitally it re-centres Diana, whom the Palace have been wiping from national memory for many years. I was moved to tears'\u003c\/b\u003e Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, \u003ci\u003ei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brotherly tribute to the People’s Princess, no holds barred . Full of love and vengeance'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Charles Spencer was there for all this history, indelibly present in one of the most iconic tableaux of the late 20th century. After holding back for so long, his memoir finally tells us what it was like'\u003c\/b\u003e Tina Brown, \u003ci\u003eFresh Hell\u003c\/i\u003e Substack\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Charles Spencer’s writing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Acutely observant, his turn of phrase is often delightful'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A moving, heartbreaking memoir’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A tour de force'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58596716577142,"sku":"9780241825594","price":25.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_43381831.jpg?v=1790343418","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241825594-swan-song","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}