The King’s Speech
Author – Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
Publisher – Sterling
Copyright – 2010
ISBN – 978-1-4027-8676-1
Paperback – 242 pages
Mark Logue is the Grandson of Lionel Logue. He is a writer, filmmaker, and custodian of the Logue Archive. Peter Conradi is a veteran journalist. He is an editor for The Sunday Times and the author of several biographies. He wrote the critically acclaimed Hitler’s Piano Player: The Rise and Fall of Ernst Hanfstaengl.
The King’s Speech is based on the diaries of Lionel Logue. It is the story of how one man saved the British Monarchy. Lionel Logue was an Australian Speech Therapist who taught a British King, who had a crippling speech defect, how to speak to his subjects. It is a true, real life story of triumph over adversity. The King was the Duke of York, King George VI. When his brother, Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry for love, the Duke of York was able to take over the reins of power just in time to steer the nation through the World War II.
In the book, The King’s Speech, there is a letter written in Lionel Logue’s handwriting. It says, “The King’s letter is in front of me as I write and I cannot realize that it is the last one, I shall ever receive. Since 1926 he has honoured by allowing me to help him with his speech and no man ever worked as hard as he did and achieved such a grand result.”
Great book. I saw the movie first and enjoyed it so much, I had to purchase the book. It is a triumphant good feel book!
Book Review
C.S. Scott
