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  • 52 of 52 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 CPTDANIELS

    Member since 14/06/2003

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    4 Stars The Queen hits the rocks 17/01/2013
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Wonderful concepts

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A bit dated

    Synopsis of the book: The Queen awakes the morning after the General Election to discover the Republican Party under Jack Barker have swept to power. One of their first actions is to take all the power and authority away from the Royal family. Now they are without titles just another family and without wealth. Not only that they move them out of their lovely homes with all their priceless possessions into a Council housing estate in the Midlands. They are moved into what the locals affectionately call Hell Close in various two bedroom semi's. These are not in good condition by the Queen has ... more
  • 52 of 52 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    grafter123

    4 Stars Vice Versa 26/01/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy style to read, great characters, some very funny moments

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Way over the top

    Hubby has been a fan of Sue Townsend's many books for just as many years now, but I only began reading them a while ago. Having thoroughly enjoyed reading Hubby's 'Queen Camilla' last year the thoughtful guy bought me 'The Queen and I' this Christmas. Either that or he thought he would stop me from reading all his books. Looking at the cover it had plenty of good reviews on it and claims of 'Laugh out loud funny' and No.1 Bestseller, so what did I make of it? The Queen and I actually precedes 'Queen Camilla'. It begins in England one April, not so long ago, in fact 1992, when the Queen is laid ... more
  • 48 of 48 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    SexySOS

    5 Stars Monarchy living on benefits 02/07/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent Comical Read

    Disadvantages Disadvantages That there was not a sequel

    The Queen and I was first published in 1992, unfortunately I did not get around to reading it until I was 20 and in need of non strenuous entertainment as I was heavily pregnant at the time. The Queen and I is work of the legendary Sue Townsend, a writer with a sense of wit and comedy and is responsible for other comical books such as The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 ¾ and The Cappuccino Years. I have admired Sue Townsend’s work from an early age and loved every book of hers that I have had the pleasure of reading and this book was no exception. The story tells of the election of a ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    excelsior81

    5 Stars By Royal Appointment 31/07/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages SUE TOWNSEND

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Too many Adrian Moleisms!

    If there is one author guaranteed to make me laugh out loud then it has to be Sue Townsend. She has an uncanny knack of writing books that I enjoy reading so much, that the minute I have finished, I want to start reading it over again! Adrian Mole was my first introduction to Sue Townsend and her style of writing appealed greatly to me, it was informal, light and reflective or indeed, indicative of 'society' at the time. Reading the Queen and I was a pleasure from start to finish. it charts the fall and fall of the Royal Family, who are moved to a council estate after a Republican Government ... more
  • 2 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Sophie_Filan

    5 Stars Brilliant - You must read this book! 25/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Funny, emotional, get to see a different side of the royal family

    Disadvantages Disadvantages NONE!!!!!!!!

    The Queen and I by Sue Townsend is one of the funniest books i have ever read. It is about revolutionary government who get rid of the monachy. The whole royal family go and live in a hellish council estate. The idea of this book is pure genius. She brings out all the good and bad points of the royal family. You get to see the members of the family get depressed,and stronger. This book is hillarios. Sometimes i had to stop reading just so i could have a good laugh and calm myself down! I could not put it down. A brilliant read!!! ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    pureblue

    5 Stars Meet my new neighbours - Liz and Phil 27/01/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It's so funny you'll get a belly ache

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It's so funny you'll get a belly ache

    England has always been proud of her royal family. We buy souvenir mugs with the Queen's face on it, attend royal processions to see the royal wave, go "Ooh" and "aah" over how the future King has grown (I mean William, not Charles!) Now imagine if the Republican Party won the general elections - the royal family booted out of their lavish palaces along with the Queen's corgis. No more precious gems, no more caviar, no more 'Your Majesty', no more fancy hats. What are they going to do? Where are they going to go? Will Charles be the filial son and get a job to support his family and ageing ... more
  • 8 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    7sefton

    4 Stars Townsend really should listen to her teachers 30/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It will brighten up your day without a doubt. You'll never look at the Queen mum in the same way again. You can just imagine her in her council bungalow, savings 50ps for the gas meter.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The poor ending. It actually seems as if Townsend had ran out of time at the end and just think of something at the last minute.

    First of all, I love Sue Townsend. She has the sharpest wit I have ever came accross, and has had the world in stiches for over 25 years. The Queen and I is a fab example of her clever and observational work, but with one fatal let down. Not trying to give the ending away, when I was at school my English teacher forever told me not to end a good story in the way Townsend did in this book. Now I can understand why he said that. But the rest of the plot is blinding - who would of thought to base a book on something most other people would find boring. To cut a longish story short, a new ... more
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