{"product_id":"9780241825594","title":"Swan Song","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan\u003eCharles Spencer\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBiography: arts \u0026amp; entertainment\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e September 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Michael Joseph Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 384 pages \u003cbr\u003e264mm x 164mm | 800g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles – available to pre-order now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘When asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with Diana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003enot\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eto grow up with her…’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eIn September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eIn childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies and helped each other through the agony of their parents’ divorce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eYet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eBut, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwan Song\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Spencer provides the most intimate, loving and honest portrait yet of his sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003ePraise for Charles Spencer’s writing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e‘Acutely observant, his turn of phrase is often delightful'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e‘A moving, heartbreaking memoir’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e‘A tour de force'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eAuthor Biography:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eCharles Spencer is an author, historian, public speaker, broadcaster and journalist. He is also the 9th Earl Spencer. Spencer is the author of nine non-fiction books, including four\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestsellers. A globally in-demand keynote speaker, he worked for NBC News as an on-air correspondent from 1986 to 1995. He has presented for the History Channel, was a co-host of the hit\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRabbit Hole Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epodcast, and has written for many newspapers and magazines. He is a columnist for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eSpencer was educated at Eton College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained his MA in Modern History.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eHe is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57393370694007,"sku":"9780241825594","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/5eb8a579-0472-4411-bb24-7e0e75d38f3a.jpg?v=1787132791","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780241825594","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}