The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett
devoured in a couple of days. Discovered on Anobii I must admit that I expected more substantial in terms of pages, was a disappointment to discover that it reaches page 100. Mostly because I liked it a lot. Witty, funny, at times slightly surreal. It made me reflect, among other things, the role of the Queen of England. I've only read two books about it, this "Queen Camilla" by Sue Townsend, both humorous, so I can not be said to be deeply entrenched on the subject, but I have stimulated some thought.
In both the Queen is seen in a private capacity, as to "humanize" an almost superhuman. And in both cases the emphasis on its role as a reference. No other character has his charisma, his strictness, no other character is at its height. No other member of the Royal Family is considered as she is. a very charismatic figure, a reference point in the moral as well as political, an incarnation of the British spirit and symbol of continuity with the past.
do not know if what I wrote is true, but if it is a viewpoint that I like.
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