Alison Rich, the director of publicity at Doubleday, publisher of "The Diana Chronicles," said she had no such concerns.

The Diana Chronicles went straight to the top of the New York Times bestseller list for hardback nonfiction, with two weeks in the number one position.

BOOKS review of "The Diana Chronicles" (Doubleday; $27.50) by Tina Brown.

The Diana Chronicles is a 2007 book by Tina Brown on the life and death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Tina Brown was a magazine editor for Vanity Fair and the New Yorker before authoring The Diana Chronicles.

Although "The Diana Chronicles" will be excerpted in Vanity Fair, Ms. Brown pointed out that both the author and publisher are generally paid for such excerpts.

But the best book on Diana is the newest, "The Diana Chronicles" (Doubleday; $27.50), by Tina Brown.

The Diana Chronicles By Tina Brown 542 pages.

"The Diana Chronicles" is a Diana book with much more smart, snarky flair than most.

"The Diana Chronicles" does its share of detective work, as when it considers the possible ways private conversations were made so public.