Snowdon cover art

Snowdon

The Biography

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options

Snowdon

By: Anne de Courcy
Narrated by: Theo Solomon
Try for £0.00

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £16.62

Buy Now for £16.62

Summary

How did a photographer who was a relentless playboy, an unashamed womaniser and a leather-clad motorcyclist marry the queen's sister and become the establishment figure Lord Snowdon? The brilliantly talented Antony Armstrong-Jones often humiliated Princess Margaret, yet he was compassionate to the causes he cared about. Since his death in 2017, Snowdon still hasn't escaped the limelight, as more and more is revealed about his wild and intriguing life.

Written with exclusive access to Snowdon and the people closest to him, this book uncovers the real man and his times. Addressing the facts behind the myths - the secret courtship of Margaret, the love-child born just weeks after the royal marriage, the affairs on both sides, the suicide of one mistress and the birth of an illegitimate son to another - this is a balanced yet no-holds-barred account of Snowdon's life.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. 

©2021 Anne de Courcy (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group Art & Literature Artists, Architects & Photographers Politics & Activism Royalty Biography
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c
All stars
Most relevant
Loved the book really liked the narrator...I will definitely be buying another of the authors works!!

Remarkable Story of a quite remarkable man!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed listening to Lord Snowy’s story but how I suffered 17 hours of Theo, I have no idea

Worlds worst narrator

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Narrator can't pronounce lots of English proper nouns. Cecil, Magdalen, Oundle, Haileybury, preparatory. It grates especially as this is a story of upper-class England. Have only got as far as Oxford. Let's hope editors stepped in.

Poor pronunciation

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Narration absolutely awful. Thought it was an AI bot as the mispronunciations (brooch, preparatory, prayers, worsted to name a few) so irritating. Also the pronunciation of t as d throughout. Delivered in tedious monotone.

Learned many admirable legacies this man left.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
As always with Anne de Courcy biographies this was very well researched and written. It definitely showed the different sides of Snowdon from the hopeless and often cruel husband and indifferent lover to the man who cared about humanity, especially the handicapped (can we still use that expression?). I found the narration annoying though with his frequent mispronunciation of words which should have been corrected surely? Wish I’d bought it as a paper book.

Excellent book, irritating narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews