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Title: Diana: Closely Guarded Secret by Ken Wharfe ISBN: 1-84317-005-1 Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.04 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: WOW! What a book!
Comment: This is by far the very best book I have ever read about the Princess of Wales! It was fair and balanced, and I think Inspector Wharfe gave the world a real gift by writing it. The insight he gives us into the Princess's world is truly fascinating.I think even more of Diana having read this book, flaws and all. If you weren't already a fan of Charles, you will not appreciate the first hand account of how poorly he treated his young wife, even though Wharfe did try to highlight the Prince's good qualities in this book too. It's so refreshing to have a book written by someone who actually knew and cared for the Princess,
and not some remote figure who is playing nothing more than a guessing game about what Diana was really like. Her love of life and exuberant, rebounding spirit, highlighted by Wharfe make me sad once again that she is gone. If you ever read one book about Diana, please let this be the one!
Rating: 3
Summary: Princess Diana's secrets closely guarded
Comment: This biography of Princess Diana is well written, and a mostly sympathetic account of Diana by her Police personal protection officer Ken Wharfe, describing a little bit of Diana's public life and private life in the years from 1987 to 1993. And especially sympathetic in the sense that Police Officer Ken Wharfe seemingly had few moral objections to aiding Diana's love affair with James Hewitt. There are a few new annecdotes told about Diana that are somewhat scandalous, but nothing any worse than previously reported scandalous stories about Diana's private behaviour, as written by earlier writers. Ken Wharfe clearly states that he is attempting to give an honest and fair account of Diana, denying some earlier writers claims of Diana as being mentally ill, although admitting Diana suffered from mood swings, and he is successful to a limited extent, in portraying Diana as a fairly normal woman, sometimes suffering in difficult and unhappy circumstances, but he also portrays Diana as a positive and sometimes happy and joyful woman. I would compare this Ken Wharfe book favorably with Andrew Morton's books written about Diana. However, similar to those books, this book actually gives very little detail about Diana's love affair with James Hewitt beyond what was already known from James Hewitt himself, and even less detail about Diana's love affair with Oliver Hoare. This reviewer was disappointed in how little intimate detail is given about Diana as a person, in this book, details which Ken Wharfe was in a position to know, and it seems that he is mostly continuing to keep Diana's secrets closely guarded, and still secret.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting Comments About Diana's Life
Comment: Ken Warfe's book about Diana Princess of Wales was one of the more balanced and interesting accounts that I have read about her life from 1987 through the mid 90's. He was Diana's body guard provided by Scotland Yard and at one point considered himself to be close confidant for Diana in a professional way. His account neither condones or disapproves of her conduct but objecively describes her life at the time. In it, he tells about her affairs with James Hewitt, James Gilbey and Oliver Hoare yet doesn't divulge seamy details that he may have been aware of. He does a fine job of describing what Diana's life was like at that time in the royal family and how her some of her choices were effected by Prince Charles actions, particulary, his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. He doesn't make excuses for Diana's actions some of which are very immature but impartially describes the scene and the people involved. Wharfe doesn't deny that his job was difficult at times. In fact, he is very open about Diana's complex character. He describes a woman who can be very difficult yet fun to be with, manipulating and needy yet extremely caring and selfless, a person obsessed with being in the spotlight yet wanting a "normal" life. I felt that her bodyguard, Ken Wharfe, captured her life for that time period in a well thought out, easy to read and balanced presentation about one of the most fascinating people of this century.
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Title: A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell ISBN: 0399151729 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 25 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years by Edward Klein ISBN: 031231292X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Shadows of a Princess : An Intimate Account by Her Private Secretary by P. D. Jephson ISBN: 0380820463 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor ISBN: 0786867175 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Diana: The Secret Years by Simone Simmons ISBN: 0345435907 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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