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Explore Penny Junor books in publication order, with short summaries and series lists to help you compare titles and choose your next book to read.

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Diana, Princess of Wales

by Penny Junor

1983

Penny Junor traces Diana’s early life, her courtship with Prince Charles, and the wedding that placed her within the royal family. The biography follows her adjustment to public expectations and the birth of her first son, William.

Baby Ware

by Penny Junor

1984

Penny Junor offers a practical guide to preparing for a baby, distinguishing necessary purchases and preparations from optional extras. The book focuses on the choices facing prospective parents as they decide what they actually need.

Margaret Thatcher

by Penny Junor

1984

This biography examines Margaret Thatcher’s political career alongside her roles as wife and mother. Penny Junor considers the personal life behind the public figure and the decisions and relationships surrounding her rise to Britain’s highest political office.

Burton

by Penny Junor

1985

Penny Junor examines Richard Burton’s life behind his public legend, exploring the distance between the actor and his celebrated image. Her biography considers how Burton himself helped create the myths that came to define him.

Charles and Diana

by Penny Junor

1991

Penny Junor presents an account of the marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Queen Elizabeth II

by Penny Junor

1991

Photographs trace Queen Elizabeth II and her family through the decades of her reign, from 1952 into the early 1990s. The volume presents a pictorial record of the monarch’s life during those forty years.

John Major

by Penny Junor

1993

Drawing on interviews with John Major, relatives, colleagues, and opponents, Penny Junor follows his rise from Brixton to Downing Street. The biography connects his early struggles with the political crises and questions of leadership surrounding his premiership.

Charles

by Penny Junor

1998

Penny Junor examines Prince Charles’s public reputation and private relationships after the collapse of his marriage to Diana. Interviews with people close to him offer a competing account of the marriage, its breakdown, and his relationship with Camilla.

Home Truths

by Penny Junor

2002

Penny Junor recalls life with her father, Sunday Express editor John Junor, whose public wit concealed a domineering private temper. Her family memoir examines the affection and damage within a household shaped by his powerful personality.

My Life, My Way

by Penny Junor

2008

Cliff Richard looks back over fifty years in music, recalling the experiences and relationships behind his public career. Written with Penny Junor, his memoir explores personal choices, Christian faith, and a life that differed from conventional expectations of rock stardom.

Shaun Ellis recounts his unconventional life among wolves, describing attempts to share their routines and understand their behavior at close quarters. Written with Penny Junor, the memoir follows the personal risks and sacrifices involved in his pursuit.

Prince William

by Penny Junor

2012

Penny Junor follows William from a childhood exposed to his parents’ troubled marriage and his mother’s death into military service and marriage. The biography examines the relationships and sense of duty shaping the man expected to inherit the throne.

Prince Harry

by Penny Junor

2014

This biography follows Prince Harry through childhood bereavement, public controversies, and military service in Afghanistan. Penny Junor examines how family relationships, army life, and charitable commitments shaped his transition from a troubled teenager into an adult public figure.

The Firm

by Penny Junor

2014

Penny Junor examines the British royal family as both a household and a public institution. Exploring private relationships, media scrutiny, and the demands of duty, she asks what sustains the monarchy and what threatens its place in modern Britain.

Queen Consort

by Penny Junor

2017

Penny Junor traces Camilla’s relationship with Charles and her changing place in British public life. The biography examines the personal loyalties, royal tensions and public hostility surrounding a partnership that challenged the monarchy.

All The Queen's Corgis

by Penny Junor

2018

Penny Junor explores Queen Elizabeth II’s lifelong attachment to corgis, dorgis, and gundogs. Accounts of their personalities, daily routines, and mishaps reveal the place these companions held within royal households and the Queen’s private life.

Standalone Penny Junor books

  1. Book cover for "Diana, Princess of Wales"

    Diana, Princess of Wales

    by Penny Junor

    1983
  2. Book cover for "Baby Ware"

    Baby Ware

    by Penny Junor

    1984Buying for the New Baby
  3. Book cover for "Margaret Thatcher"

    Margaret Thatcher

    by Penny Junor

    1984Wife, Mother, Politician
  4. Book cover for "Burton"

    Burton

    by Penny Junor

    1985The Man Behind the Myth
  5. Book cover for "What Every Woman Needs to Know"

    What Every Woman Needs to Know

    by Penny Junor

    1988Facts and Fears About Pregnancy, Childbirth and Womanhood
  6. Book cover for "Charles and Diana"

    Charles and Diana

    by Penny Junor

    1991Portrait of a Marriage
  7. Book cover for "Queen Elizabeth II"

    Queen Elizabeth II

    by Penny Junor

    19911952-1992: A Pictorial Celebration of Her Reign
  8. Book cover for "John Major"

    John Major

    by Penny Junor

    1993From Brixton to Downing Street
  9. Book cover for "Charles"

    Charles

    by Penny Junor

    1998Victim or Villain?
  10. Book cover for "Home Truths"

    Home Truths

    by Penny Junor

    2002Life Around My Father
  11. Book cover for "My Life, My Way"

    My Life, My Way

    by Penny Junor

    2008
  12. Book cover for "The Man Who Lives with Wolves"
  13. Book cover for "Prince William"

    Prince William

    by Penny Junor

    2012The Man Who Will Be King
  14. Book cover for "Prince Harry"

    Prince Harry

    by Penny Junor

    2014Brother, Soldier, Son
  15. Book cover for "The Firm"

    The Firm

    by Penny Junor

    2014
  16. Book cover for "Queen Consort"

    Queen Consort

    by Penny Junor

    2017
  17. Book cover for "All The Queen's Corgis"

    All The Queen's Corgis

    by Penny Junor

    2018

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