A review by katscribefever
Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Morton

4.0

I found that this biography flowed almost like a narrative novel rather than a nonfiction piece, which always makes for the best kinds of biographies. Packed with information about the sisters Windsor, the book allows the reader to take "a peek through the keyhole" to see the lives of these two remarkable women. A cliché at this point, writings like this help us to understand that, no matter how much money royals may have in their possession, the lives they lead are far from idyllic fairy tales. Interestingly, this dense work seems to focus a bit more on Margaret than on Elizabeth, but I can't know for sure if that's due to an intentional choice on Andrew Morton's part; perhaps Morton feels there are already plenty of works on the Queen. Alternately, it's possible Morton feels Margaret is the more captivating of the sisters, as the Queen has spent her entire life toeing the lines of the Firm's strict royal code, and Margaret's refusal to do the same makes her a more interesting subject to focus on. Or, it's possible that the book seems to favor Margaret simply because of my own biased interest in the capricious princess. In whichever case, I can heartily recommend this biography to anyone wanting to learn about the lives of King George IV's daughters.