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As the Duke of York a stammer was difficult to live with so a speech therapist was essential. However, many were consulted without results until Lionel Logue, who attributed his progress to the Duke’s hard work and the rapport they established. In fact, the two became not only patient and therapist,...
Well worth it to listen to the audio version. Easy to follow and an audio example of the King speaking.
A good look at the role, lifestyles and intrigues of modern Europe's monarchies. Plenty of scandals and triumphs, with some good photos and a speculative chapter on where monarchy may be in fifty years. Not complete, and a bit more media trivia driven than I would like. Still worth it to find if you...
Readers, or listeners, expecting the same story as the movie version starring the inestimable Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush will be quite surprised. Mark Logue’s The King's Speech goes into much greater detail about the relationship between George VI and Lionel Logue, encompassing the greater part o...
I bought this on an impulse. Loved the movie, but I was very curious to know how much the sequence of events had been compromised for the sake of the plot arc. Turns out it was quite a bit, in that Bertie (George VI) gained his competence - and his confidence, by and large - quite a bit earlier than...
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