Diana, Her True Story
by Andrew Morton
★ Top 25 book of 1992 · #15 on Best Books of 1992
A royal biography that draws on cooperation from Diana's family and closest friends, plus private photographs. It sets her public image as a fairy-tale princess against an unhappy marriage, loneliness, illness, and her effort to build a new life.
Best for: Readers curious about the private struggles behind a famous public royal image
Diana, Her True Story is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 1992, out of 43 1992 books that cleared our data bar.
What Diana, Her True Story is about
Andrew Morton's authorised biography of Diana, Princess of Wales, set out to show the distance between the woman the public adored and the life she was living in private. Published in 1992, it describes a marriage to Prince Charles that, it claims, was unhappy from the start, and it details her depression and her suicidal unhappiness. At publication Buckingham Palace denied any cooperation. It was later revealed that Diana herself was the main source behind the book's content.
The tone is intimate and sympathetic, with private photographs and the cooperation of family and close friends behind it. It suits readers curious about royal life, media image, and the loneliness that can sit inside great privilege.
Diana, Her True Story on the Best Books of 1992
Diana, Her True Story came out in 1992. Of the 43 books first published in 1992 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #15 on our Best Books of 1992 list.
Why it made the list: 228 readers have shelved it on Open Library. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 1992 list
- Breaking Point Emma Darcy, #13
- Band of Brothers Stephen E. Ambrose, #14
- Poor Things Alasdair Gray, #16
- All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy, #17
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 206 want to read it, 13 are reading it now and 9 have read it, according to Open Library.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 51 | 55% |
| Reader love | 65 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 65 | 20% |
Questions about Diana, Her True Story
When was Diana, Her True Story published?
Diana, Her True Story by Andrew Morton was first published in 1992.
Was Diana, Her True Story one of the best books of 1992?
Diana, Her True Story is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 1992, out of 43 1992 books that cleared our data bar. 228 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
Why is Diana, Her True Story on the Best Books of 1992 list?
228 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
More of the best books of 1992
- Welcome to Dead House Robert Lawrence Stine, #1
- The Secret History Donna Tartt, #2
- The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson, #3
- Snow Crash Neal Stephenson, #4
- The Shadow Rising Robert Jordan, #5
- The Artist's Way Julia Cameron, #6
See the full Best Books of 1992, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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