In this magisterial new biography, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith brings to life one of the world's most fascinating and enigmatic women, Queen Elizabeth II. Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of a queen who has led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last sixty years with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace.