Summary Of Rachel Trethewey S Before Wallis
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Summary Of Rachel Trethewey S Before Wallis
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Author : Milkyway Media
language : en
Publisher: Milkyway Media
Release Date : 2024-01-29
Summary Of Rachel Trethewey S Before Wallis written by Milkyway Media and has been published by Milkyway Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Get the Summary of Rachel Trethewey's Before Wallis in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Before Wallis" delves into the lives of the women who were romantically linked to Edward, Prince of Wales before Wallis Simpson. The book focuses on Rosemary Leveson-Gower, a Red Cross nurse and daughter of the Duke of Sutherland, who caught Edward's eye during WWI. Despite their close bond and Edward's proposal, opposition from the royal family due to Rosemary's family scandals thwarted their marriage. Rachel Trethewey portrays Rosemary as a potential modernizing force for the monarchy, highlighting her social conscience and public service...
Before Wallis
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Author : Rachel Trethewey
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Before Wallis written by Rachel Trethewey and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Wallis Simpson is known as the woman who stole the king's heart and rocked the monarchy – but she was not Edward VIII's first or only love. This book is about the women he adored before Wallis dominated his life. There was Rosemary Leveson-Gower, the girl he wanted to marry and who would have been the perfect match for a future king; and the Prince's long-term mistress, Freda Dudley Ward, who exerted a pull almost equal to Wallis over her lover, but abided by the rules of the game and never expected to marry him. Then there was Thelma Furness, his twice-married American lover, who enjoyed a domestic life with him, but realised it could not last forever and demanded nothing more than to be his mistress – and fatefully introduced him to Wallis. In each love affair, Edward behaved like a cross between a little boy lost and a spoilt child craving affection, resorting to emotional blackmail to keep his lovers with him. Each of the three women in this book could have changed the course of history. By examining their lives and impact on the heir to the throne, we question whether he ever really wanted to be king.
The Churchill Sisters
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Author : Dr. Rachel Trethewey
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2021-12-07
The Churchill Sisters written by Dr. Rachel Trethewey and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-07 with History categories.
As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine Churchill’s daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Rachel Trethewey's biography, The Churchill Sisters, tells their story. Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill girls – Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary – would have shone. But they were not in another family, they were Churchills, and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From their father – ‘the greatest Englishman’ – to their brother, golden boy Randolph, to their eccentric and exciting cousins, the Mitford Girls, they were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters which often saw them overlooked. While Marigold died too young to achieve her potential, the other daughters lived lives full of passion, drama and tragedy. Diana, intense and diffident; Sarah, glamorous and stubborn; Mary, dependable yet determined – each so different but each imbued with a sense of responsibility toward each other and their country. Far from being cosseted debutantes, these women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world history, at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. Yet this is not a story set on the battlefields or in Parliament; it is an intimate saga that sheds light on the complex dynamics of family set against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. Drawing on previously unpublished family letters from the Churchill archives, The Churchill Sisters brings Winston’s daughters out of the shadows and tells their remarkable stories for the first time.
Pearls Before Poppies
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Author : Rachel Trethewey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Pearls Before Poppies written by Rachel Trethewey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
In February 1918, Lady Northcliffe, wife of the owner of The Daily Mail and The Times had the idea of raising funds for the Red Cross by asking women to give a pearl as a tribute to the dead and the wounded in the Great War. The plan was to create a necklace which would be auctioned at Christie's. However, the idea grew beyond her greatest expectations. It captured the public's imagination and over the next nine months nearly four thousand pearls poured in not just from Britain but from across the world. The pearls were discussed in drawing rooms, written about in The Times and even debated in Parliament. The story of the Red Cross Pearls is an historical gem which has never been told in detail before. Drawing on the archives of the Red Cross, Christie's and the Victoria and Albert Museum, this book traces the story of the Red Cross Pearl Appeal throughout the eventful year of 1918. Interweaving the story of the campaign with the personal stories behind individual pearls this book provides a snapshot of a world that was changed forever by the war
The Churchill Girls
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Author : Rachel Trethewey
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2021-03-04
The Churchill Girls written by Rachel Trethewey and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill sisters – Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary – would have shone. But they were not in any other family, they were Churchills and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From their father – 'the greatest Englishman' – to their brother, golden boy Randolph, to their eccentric and exciting cousins, the Mitford Girls, they were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters which often saw them overlooked. Marigold died when she was very young but her three sisters lived lives full of passion, drama and tragedy ... Diana, intense and diffident; Sarah, glamorous and stubborn; Mary, dependable yet determined – each so different but each imbued with a sense of responsibility toward each other and their country. Far from being cosseted debutantes, these women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world history, including at the Second World War Conferences of Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. Yet The Churchill Girls is not a story set on the battlefields or in Parliament; it is an intimate saga that sheds light on the complex dynamics of family set against the backdrop of the tumultuous twentieth century. Accomplished biographer Rachel Trethewey draws on unpublished family letters from the Churchill archives to bring Winston and Clementine's daughters out of the shadows and tell their remarkable stories for the first time.
The Woman Before Wallis
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Author : Bryn Turnbull
language : en
Publisher: MIRA
Release Date : 2020-07-21
The Woman Before Wallis written by Bryn Turnbull and has been published by MIRA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-21 with Fiction categories.
“Brimming with scandal and an equal amount of heart…a sweeping yet intimate look at the lives of some of history’s most notorious figures from Vanderbilts to the Prince of Wales… A must-read.”—Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of When We Left Cuba and Next Year in Havana “Bryn Turnbull takes a story we think we know and turns it on its head, with captivating results… A beautifully written, meticulously researched and altogether memorable debut.”—Jennifer Robson, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Gown For fans of The Paris Wife and The Crown, this stunning novel tells the true story of the American divorcée who captured Prince Edward’s heart before he abdicated his throne for Wallis Simpson. In the summer of 1926, when Thelma Morgan marries Viscount Duke Furness after a whirlwind romance, she’s immersed in a gilded world of extraordinary wealth and privilege. For Thelma, the daughter of an American diplomat, her new life as a member of the British aristocracy is like a fairy tale—even more so when her husband introduces her to Edward, Prince of Wales. In a twist of fate, her marriage to Duke leads her to fall headlong into a love affair with Edward. But happiness is fleeting, and their love is threatened when Thelma’s sister, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, becomes embroiled in a scandal with far-reaching implications. As Thelma sails to New York to support Gloria, she leaves Edward in the hands of her trusted friend Wallis, never imagining the consequences that will follow. Bryn Turnbull takes readers from the raucous glamour of the Paris Ritz and the French Riviera to the quiet, private corners of St. James’s Palace in this sweeping story of love, loyalty and betrayal. Looking for more sweeping historical fiction? Don't miss Bryn Turnbull's new novel. The Last Grand Duchess takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Romanov, the first daughter of the last Tsar.
Book Review Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Book Review Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Books categories.
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
The Other Side Of The Coin The Queen The Dresser And The Wardrobe
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Author : Angela Kelly
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2022-05-12
The Other Side Of The Coin The Queen The Dresser And The Wardrobe written by Angela Kelly and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Platinum Jubilee edition ‘Full of gems ... Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’ Daily Telegraph ‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’ The Sunday Times ‘For real intel, [The Crown] can’t come close to The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly’ The New York Times
Clementine
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Author : Sonia Purnell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2015-10-27
Clementine written by Sonia Purnell and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Engrossing…the first formal biography of a woman who has heretofore been relegated to the sidelines.”–The New York Times From the author of the New York Times bestseller A Woman of No Importance, a long overdue tribute to the extraordinary woman who was Winston Churchill’s closest confidante, fiercest critic and shrewdest advisor that captures the intimate dynamic of one of history’s most fateful marriages. Late in life, Winston Churchill claimed that victory in the Second World War would have been “impossible” without the woman who stood by his side for fifty-seven turbulent years. Why, then, do we know so little about her? In this landmark biography, a finalist for the Plutarch prize, Sonia Purnell finally gives Clementine Churchill her due. Born into impecunious aristocracy, the young Clementine Hozier was the target of cruel snobbery. Many wondered why Winston married her, when the prime minister’s daughter was desperate for his attention. Yet their marriage proved to be an exceptional partnership. "You know,"Winston confided to FDR, "I tell Clemmie everything." Through the ups and downs of his tumultuous career, in the tense days when he stood against Chamberlain and the many months when he helped inspire his fellow countrymen and women to keep strong and carry on, Clementine made her husband’s career her mission, at the expense of her family, her health and, fatefully, of her children. Any real consideration of Winston Churchill is incomplete without an understanding of their relationship. Clementine is both the first real biography of this remarkable woman and a fascinating look inside their private world. "Sonia Purnell has at long last given Clementine Churchill the biography she deserves. Sensitive yet clear-eyed, Clementine tells the fascinating story of a complex woman struggling to maintain her own identity while serving as the conscience and principal adviser to one of the most important figures in history. I was enthralled all the way through." –Lynne Olson, bestselling author of Citizens of London
The King Who Had To Go
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Author : Adrian Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2016-10-13
The King Who Had To Go written by Adrian Phillips and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-13 with History categories.
The previously untold story of the hidden politics that went on behind the scenes during the handling of the Royal abdication crisis of 1936. The King Who Had to Go describes the harsh realities of how the machinery of government responds when even the King steps out of line. It reveals the pitiless and insidious battles in Westminster and Whitehall that settled the fate of the King and Mrs Simpson. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin had to fight against ministers and civil servants who were determined to pressure the King into giving up Mrs Simpson and, when that failed, into abdicating. Dubious police reports on Mrs Simpson's sex life poisoned the government's view of her and were used to blacken her reputation. Threats to sabotage her divorce were deployed to edge the King towards abdication. Covert intelligence operations convinced the hardliners that the badly coordinated and hopeless attempts of the King's allies, particularly Winston Churchill, to keep him on the throne amounted to a sinister anti-constitutional conspiracy. The book also shows how the King doomed his chances of keeping the throne by wildly unrealistic goals and ill-thought -out schemes. As each side was overwhelmed by desperation and distrust, Baldwin somehow held the balance and steered the crisis to as smooth a conclusion as possible.