Prins Bernhard: biografie van een publiek personage (discussiedossier over Bernhard. Een verborgen geschiedenis)
<p><strong><em>Prince Bernhard: Biography of a Public Role</em></strong><br />In her biography Bernhard. Een verborgen geschiedenis [Bernhard: A Hidden History], Annejet van der Zijl strives to write unaffectedly about a controversial character, and to set out a h...
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| Language: | English |
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2011-01-01
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| Series: | BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review |
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| Online Access: | https://www.bmgn-lchr.nl/articles/7312 |
| Summary: | <p><strong><em>Prince Bernhard: Biography of a Public Role</em></strong><br />In her biography Bernhard. Een verborgen geschiedenis [Bernhard: A Hidden History], Annejet van der Zijl strives to write unaffectedly about a controversial character, and to set out a human portrayal of Bernhard. But has this undertaking succeeded? This dissertation certainly demythologises the jovial prince with the carnation, making for an exciting read – but do we really get to know any more about the prince as a ‘man’? A question all the more relevant as the biography pretty much gives up describing his life after 1945. By placing the emphasis on the revelations – and as Van der Zijl assumes that Bernhard must have changed little between 1945 and 2004 – the story of Bernhard’s life takes on a hermetic quality. Which in turn means this is not so much the story of a human prince, but of a public role.</p><p> </p><p>This review is part of the <a href="/426/volume/126/issue/2/">discussion forum</a> 'Een verborgen geschiedenis' (Annejet van der Zijl).</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0165-0505 2211-2898 |