The Roosevelts and the Royals: Franklin and Eleanor, the King and Queen of England, and the Friendship That Changed History
"Fascinating and well researched.... Dr. Swift is the first to concentrate on this unusual subject with such a wealth of sympathetic detail."-Sarah Bradford, author of America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth: A Biography of Britain's Queen, and The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI, 1895--1952
"A splendid addition to our understanding of an extraordinary Anglo-American partnership. Both intimate and expansive, Will Swift's vigorously researched book is timely, illuminating, and dramatic."-Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol. 1: 1884-1933 and Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol. 2: The Defining Years, 1933-1938
"The Anglo-American alliance has long been a bedrock of the global order, and Will Swift's The Roosevelts and the Royals details an important chapter in that fascinating story with warmth and verve.-Jon Meacham, author of Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
"Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and ennobling relationship-a great story!"-James MacGregor Burns, author of The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America and Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom
"A gripping account of four very different lives that were woven together to change the world in wartime."-Hugo Vickers, author of Cecil Beaton and Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece
"Written in fluid and lucid prose, this book is not only eminently readable but also historically illuminating. It explores the contrasting personalities of the four main protagonists with skill and insight and it is both convincing and refreshingly candid."-Brian Roberts, author of Randolph: A Study of Churchill's Son and Cecil Rhodes and the Princess
"This book brings to life my grandmother and her royal friends. Reading it, I found myself reliving the times I shared with them. A wonderful story."-Nina Roosevelt Gibson, Ph.D., psychologist and granddaughter of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt
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Book details
- Author
- Will Swift
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 388
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- History › United States › 20th Century
History › Europe › Great Britain - Topics
- Franklin Roosevelt · Eleanor Roosevelt · King George VI · Anglo-American alliance · World War II diplomacy · British royalty · US presidents · 20th century history
- ISBN-13
- 9780471459620 (Hardcover)9781683366430 (Paperback)
About the author
WILL SWIFT is a historian, biographer, and clinical psychologist with more than thirty years of practice in cognitive and marital therapy. His recent books include Pat and Dick: The Nixons, an Intimate Portrait of a Marriage, The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm and The Roosevelts and the Royals.
Pat and Dick was nominated for the Plutarch Award for best biography of 2014. Swift holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, earned in 1973, and is a founding board member of the Biographers International Organization.
When he’s not writing, Swift has appeared as a featured speaker at presidential libraries and on C-SPAN, bringing his focus on American leaders and British royalty of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries directly to public audiences.
Will lives in Manhattan and Valatie, New York.