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The Duchess Of Windsor
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Author : Diana Mosley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Duchess Of Windsor written by Diana Mosley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Great Britain categories.
Diana Mosley is the last intimate friend of the Duchess of Windsor still alive. In this revised and updated biography, she addresses the latest allegations of secret service reports about the Windsors' conduct during the war and the abdication. A new chapter has been added.
The Duchess Of Windsor
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Author : Greg King
language : en
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Release Date : 2011-05-01
The Duchess Of Windsor written by Greg King and has been published by Kensington Publishing Corp. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“A sympathetic and believable portrait” of the American woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne, with photos included (Christian Science Monitor). A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. It was the love story of the century—the king and the commoner. In December 1936, King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry “the woman I love,” Wallis Warfield Simpson, a twice-divorced American who quickly became one of the twentieth century's most famous personalities, a figure of intrigue and mystery, both admired and reviled. Wrongly blamed for the abdication crisis, Wallis suffered hostility from the Royal Family and much of the world. Yet interest in her story has remained constant, resulting in a small library of biographies that convey a thinly veiled animosity toward their subject. The truth, however, is infinitely more fascinating than the shallow, pathetic portrait that has often been painted. Using previously untapped sources, acclaimed biographer Greg King presents a complete and, for the first time, sympathetic portrait of the Duchess that sifts the decades of rumor and accusation to reveal the woman behind the legend. From her birth in Pennsylvania during the Gilded Age to her death in Paris in 1986, King takes the reader through a world of privilege, palaces, high society, and love with the accompaniment of hatreds, feuds, conspiracies, and lies. The cast of characters is vast: politicians and presidents, dictators and socialites. Twenty-four pages of photographs reveal the life of the Duchess in all its incomparable glamour and romance. “A wide, absurd cast of characters—led by the British royal family . . . Wallis’ lavish decorati
The Duchess Of Windsor
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Author : Michael Bloch
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-05-28
The Duchess Of Windsor written by Michael Bloch and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Royal scandal is nothing new. In 1936, the royal family was rocked by events that threatened its very existence. Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, Emperor of India, gave up his throne. A constitutional crisis ensued. The reason? He intended to marry Wallis Simpson - a divorcee. In The Duchess of Windsor, Michael Bloch tells her fascinating story. This is the definitive biography of the woman Edward prized above his crown. Drawing on first-hand access to their intimate correspondence, it paints a picture of Simpson which was often startlingly at variance with the official story as reported at the time. It brings vividly to life the qualities which captivated her royal suitor, and on publication caused outrage and surprise by uncovering the great mysteries of her life.
The Last Of The Duchess
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Author : Caroline Blackwood
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2012-10-02
The Last Of The Duchess written by Caroline Blackwood and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1980, Lady Caroline Blackwood was commissioned by The Sunday Times to write an article on the aging Duchess of Windsor, who was said to be convalescing in her French mansion in the Bois de Boulogne. Yet what began as a curiosity was to become for Blackwood one of the most challenging experiences of her writing career, launching her into a battle of wits with the Duchess's formidable lawyer, Maître Suzanne Blum. Maître Blum refused to let Blackwood near the Duchess, spinning elaborate excuses as to why she was unavailable and threatening anyone who dared suggest that she was in anything other than the best of health. Still, while Blum's machinations restricted Blackwood's ability to publish a frank interview, it only served to pique her interest in the bizarre relationship between the infamous Duchess—a woman who once inspired a king to abdicate his crown—and her eccentric, domineering gatekeeper. Sixteen years later, Blackwood turned her experiences into this riveting and excoriating modern classic about the frailties of old age, the foibles of society, and the dual-edged nature of celebrity.
Behind Closed Doors
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Author : Hugo Vickers
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-04-07
Behind Closed Doors written by Hugo Vickers and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hugo Vickers has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Royal Family, and has had a fascination with the story of the Duchess of Windsor since he was a young man. There have been a number of books about this doomed couple, but this book brings a new perspective on the story by focussing on the later years of exile. While Vickers has his own theories about the Abdication itself, and he makes it very clear that Mrs Simpson did not lure the King from the throne, the drama of this narrative comes from the criminal exploitation of an old sick woman after the death of her husband. She was ruthlessly exploited by a French lawyer called Suzanne Blum. Some members of the Royal Family, like Mountbatten and the Queen Mother, don't emerge with much credit either. Hugo Vickers relates a tragic story which has lost none of its resonance over the years since the Duchess died in 1986.
The Jewels Of The Duchess Of Windsor
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Author : John Culme
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Release Date : 1987
The Jewels Of The Duchess Of Windsor written by John Culme and has been published by Rizzoli International Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
"...an enduring record of the most remarkable jewellery sale of our time, each piece of the Windsor collection is fully described not only im gemological terms but also in relation to the lives of the celebrated couple"--book jacket flap.
The Duchess Of Windsor
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Author : Diana Mitford (Lady Mosley)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07
The Duchess Of Windsor written by Diana Mitford (Lady Mosley) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07 with Marriages of royalty and nobility categories.
Royal Feud
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Author : Michael Thornton
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 1985
Royal Feud written by Michael Thornton and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The dark side of the love story of the century.
The Duchess Of Windsor
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Author : Charles Higham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Duchess Of Windsor written by Charles Higham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Nobility categories.
Royal Feud
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Author : Michael Thornton
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 1986-06
Royal Feud written by Michael Thornton and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE LOVE STORY OF THE CENTURY.