Diana, Princess of Wales

Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Level 1

by Tim Vicary

It is not always easy to be famous. And for a famous, beautiful princess like Diana, life was certainly very difficult at times. She was just twenty years old when she married Prince Charles, and from that moment millions of people around the world watched every move she made. And so did the photographers, who followed her everywhere - even on that terrible night in Paris when Diana's young life ended.

24 pages, Paperback

First published September 23, 1999

About the author

Tim Vicary is an author and a recently retired university teacher from the university of York, England. His legal thrillers about a tough British barrister, Sarah Newby, have been compared to the works of John Grisham and Scott Turow. The second book in the series, A Fatal Verdict, was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel, and the third book, Bold Counsel, was awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence. He is currently writing a fourth book in the series, entitled Broken Alibi.

His four historical novels have also won praise. Nobody's Slave, a novel about the Elizabethan slave trade, won first prize in the young adult category of the Kindle Book awards 2014. His three other historical novels, Cat & Mouse, The Blood Upon the Rose, and The Monmouth Summer, are all available individually or as a boxed set of three, entitled Women of Courage.

Tim has also written about twenty much shorter books, graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press. In 2010 and 2011 two of these - Titanic and The Everest Story - were each the winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation.

Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. When he's not writing he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming.

Reviews

[Róka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tegnap futottam bele a könyvtárban, rövid volt, egyszerű, érdekelt is, úgyhogy elolvastam. Nagyon fiatal voltam, amikor meghalt, szóval bár tudtam, hogy volt egyszer egy Diana hercegnő (és nagyon szerették és autóbalesetben halt meg), igazából nem sokat tudtam róla. Ez kezdetnek jó volt, hogy körvonalazódjon, ki is volt ő, mi történt, később pedig majd olvasok még róla. Ha azt nézem, a könyv teljesítette a célját, mert megtudtam, amit akartam, másfelől viszont oké, hogy nagyon egyszerű a nyelvezet, hogy egy kezdő is megértse, de azért néha egy-egy mondat, gondolat elég érdekesen volt megfogalmazva…

[Namiko]

I read back to level one because there are more books in level one! It is good to learn about Diana but sometimes I don't like some expression like, "people listen to her because she is famous and beautiful."