The King’s Speech
Mark Logue

One man saved the British Royal Family in the first decades of the 20th century – an almost unknown and self-taught speech therapist named Lionel Logue, who singlehandedly turned the nervous, tongue-tied Duke of York into one of Britain’s greatest kings after his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated over his love for Mrs Simpson.Written with Logue’s grandson and drawing from his grandfather’s diaries and archive, this is the story of a remarkable relationship, throwing light on the intimacy of the two men, and the vital role the King’s wife, the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, played in bringing them together to save her husband’s reputation and reign.Never before has there been such a personal portrait of the British monarchy – at a time of its greatest crisis – seen through the eyes of an Australian commoner who was proud to serve, and save, his King.