Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle Paperback – Box set, January 12, 2021

Very interesting history of KP.

Most people will pick up “Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir From Queen Mary to Meghan Markle” because they’re expecting a tell-all about Prince Harry and La Markle. They’ll be disappointed because most of author Tom Quinn’s book is about the Palace and its inhabitants prior to 1990. Also, this book is not a “memoir” which should be a personal recollection. It’s a straight history of the building and it’s royal residents through the years.I am giving Quinn’s book 4 stars. It would be 5 stars but the publisher didn’t include pictures or maps of this very important royal palace. Now, I couldn’t find any in my eversion, but I don’t think there were any in the paper version. So I’m knocking off one of the five stars. It would have been a five stars because Quinn is an engaging author and he writes well about the variously “interesting” occupants of the palace since it was built during the reign of William and Mary. The Palace has long been the home of the children, exwives, and various second-string royalty. It was the early home of Queen Victoria and her mother before she ascended to the British throne. More recently it has housed Princess Margaret, Princess Diana, William and Kate, and, briefly, Harry and Meghan.“KP” is a huge place. Tom Quinn about the building and its tenants well enough that the reader wants to picture the rooms and its less famous residents. It’s a loss not to have them pictured.

Disappointed in this - nothing new, rehashed material.

Don't waste your money on this book. It is very poorly written, and I cannot think how it went to printing so badly edited. The last chapters and the postscript are simply a regurgitation of what the British tabloids write. Finally, there are no illustrations, which is surprising given that it purports to be a book about a piece of architecture, its history, and the people who lived there. Very disappointed.

It was very entertaining and very informative, i would have love to be much more bigger , I wanted more!!!

I actually DID enjoy this book. However, the author jumps around too much with all of the George's and the other royalist that nothing is in historical chronological order. There's actually a sentence about Prince Philip while the author is writing about Queen Victoria. I also do not understand why Prince Harry and Meghan are on the cover. Also, I found that all of the stories or gossip that was shared was very unflattering and embarrassing in regards to the Royals. It gave me the impression that other than Queen Elizabeth II, the author doesn't even like the subjects he was writing about. There was also enough of repeated information and sentences throughout the book that I felt like I was reading a Danielle Steele novel at times.

It's clear the publisher put Harry and Meghan on the cover of the book in order to get attention and sell more copies. This book is actually about the history of Kensington Palace and the various families who lived there over the centuries. That history is fascinating. This book is easy to read and worth buying, just be prepared for a history lesson instead of a gossip column. There is a chapter on the two royal couples everyone is going gaga about (William & Kate; Harry & Meghan) but it's the final chapter and does have some interesting tidbits in it. Please don't discount the rest of the book and leap ahead to that chapter, for the history of this interesting palace is worth your time.

This is a history of Kensington Palace and the people who lived there from1400's to present. The book jacket is misleading. There were 2 chapters about modern events with Princess Margaret, William and Kate, and Harry and Meghan and those were at the end of the book and not much information. If you're looking for a tell-all book, this isn't it. However, if you like London's early history you might like it, but I didn't.

I enjoyed reading it but don’t buy it for info on the present occupants because you won’t find anything new also try to get a second hand copy

Very informative easy to read and most enjoyable

The book hardly keeps the cover’s promise. Of 260 text pages, merely 41 are covering Princess Diana, William and Kate, and Harry and Meghan. All the other 219 pages contain more or less boring stories on earlier kings and queens, including Queen Victoria, or even the history of the building itself. I am sure only a few people would have bought this book with any of the earlier kings or queens on the cover. I personally do feel fooled.

Pas traduit en français je ne suis pas assez bilingue pour pouvoir le lire dommage achat inutile pour moi

A slow read, dragging in beginning and downright boring in places. I had to force myself to finish the book. The cover is very misleading in that the more recent generations (in the last 100 years) are relegated to less than a handful of brief, inconsequential chapters at the end. By the time I got there, I was no longer interested in reading it. Overpriced for what it is; glad I didn't buy the hardcover, upset I wasted so much on the ebook.