È stata una delle immagini più strazianti del ventesimo secolo: due giovani ragazzi, due principi, che camminano dietro la bara della loro madre mentre il mondo osserva con tristezza e orrore. Mentre Diana, Principessa di Galles, veniva sepolta, miliardi si chiedevano cosa stessero pensando e provando i principi e come sarebbero proseguite le loro vite da quel momento in poi. Per Harry, questa è finalmente la sua storia. Con la sua onestà cruda e senza compromessi, Spare è una pubblicazione fondamentale piena di intuizioni, rivelazioni, autoesame e saggezza conquistata con fatica riguardo al potere eterno dell'amore sulla sofferenza.
'Honest, insightful and vulnerable' Forbes 'Compellingly artful... a blockbuster memoir' The New Yorker 'The most insightful royal book in a generation' Financial Times 'A rattling page-turner... As a personal insight into one boy's life in an extraordinary spotlight, it may never be better' Sunday Times ________ Sunday Times Memoir of the Year 2023 It was one of the images of the twentieth century: two boys, walking behind the coffin of their mother, Princess Diana. Billions wondered what the princes must be feeling - and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. Before then, Prince Harry was known as the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. But grief changed everything. At twenty-one, he joined the Army but was soon more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn't find true love. Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple's romance and wedding. But in the face of sustained press intrusion, Harry saw no other way to protect his wife and children than to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try had been his mother. . . Written with raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is full of insight, revelation and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
The Incredible Story of Britain's Bravest Heroes and the Challenge of a Lifetime
304pagine
11 ore di lettura
"This is an extraordinary story. Four soldiers, each a hero of recent conflicts who has suffered devastating injuries, taking on a challenge that even an able-bodied athlete would baulk at. A four-week trek, unaided, to the North Pole. The expedition - conceived as a way of demonstrating how remarkable our servicemen and women are and to raise funds for the rehabilitation of injured soldiers - will see the adventurers cover 300 miles of frozen Arctic Ocean, navigating vast swathes of ice rubble and pressure ridges as well as dangerous open water 'leads'. And all the time, they'll be keeping their eyes peeled for the notoriously aggressive Polar Bears that roam the landscape. Pulling in excess of 100kg each, and with every step fraught with risk, the participants' resilience will be tested to the limit. Each of the men tells their personal story in this book, along with that of the extraordinary expedition itself - the rigorous training, the meticulous preparation, and of course, the final, awe-inspiring voyage across the ice."--Publisher description.
