Bibliograph

Traitor king, the scandalous exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Andrew Lownie

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Traitor king, the scandalous exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Andrew Lownie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-602)

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collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Traitor king

Medium

large print

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1335887895

Responsibility statement

Andrew Lownie

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print biography and memoir

Sub title

the scandalous exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

Summary

"December 11, 1936. The King of England, Edward VIII, has given up his crown for the love of Wallis Simpson, and American divorcée. Their courtship has been dogged by controversy and scandal, but with Edward's abdication, they can live happily every after. But do they? This is a story of a couple financially exploiting their position, all the while manipulating the media to portray themselves as victims. Andrew Lownie shows in dramatic fashion how their glittering world was riddled with treachery and betrayal -- and why the royal family never forgave the Duke for choosing love over duty." -- Back coverThe complex and contradictory lives of the Windsors following Edward's abdication of the British throne in 1936. Shut out by the royal family, the couple was forced into exile--but a glamorous one in which they flitted from sumptuously appointed mansions in the south of France to luxurious residences in Palm Beach. They were spoiled, selfish people, obsessed with their image, reveling in adulterous affairs, and financially exploiting their position in a glittering world riddled with treachery and betrayal

Table Of Contents

The year of three Kings -- Waiting to wed -- The wedding -- Honeymoon -- The German tour -- Interlude -- Countdown to war -- Phoney war -- Escape -- Operation Willi -- Exiled -- Under surveillance -- Governor -- Murder in Paradise -- Beyond the Bahamas -- The German documents -- A life without purpose -- The wandering Windsors -- Secret affairs -- Settling down -- The heart has its reasons -- Coming in from the cold -- The Duchess alone -- Relationships -- Traitor King

Target audience

adult

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Traitor king : the scandalous exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

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