Book Review: The King's Speech

The King's Speech (16 August, 2013)
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The King's Speech is a bestseller written by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi. Mark is the grandson of Lionel Logue, who was the speech therapist to the stammering Duke of York, who later became King George VI.

I had this book for almost a year already, but it just sat on my little bookshelf, and later got shoved deeper in by newer purchases. Eventually I retrieved it and am now reading it up.

The King's Speech, the book, provides a lot of matter-of-fact information that is often sensationalized in the movie. Although the movie is faster paced (you call it face paced?), the book provides more depth, tracing the life of George VI right from his childhood. It is an interesting read, providing me a glimpse of England from the turn of the (20th) century right up to the Second World War and a little after. At this moment, I have not finished reading it yet, but am picking it up at every spare moment. It is a good read, and I wished for more time so that I could finish it soon.

Details

Title: The King's Speech
Author: Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
ISBN: 978 0 85738 111 8
Publisher: Quercus
Year of First Publication: 2010

Buying this book

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Also available on Amazon is the shooting script.