The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
Format: library binding
ISBN:
9781452621302 (1452621306)
Publish date: February 28th 2011
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Edition language: English
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.
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...
A book that I enjoyed very much, being a very good look at a friendship, the treatment for a disability, and one of the more interesting people of the twentieth century. Good notes, plenty of photos, and plenty to think about. Recommended.For the longer review, please go here:http://www.epinions.com...
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