King-Office. The scandalous exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Please sign in so that we can notify you about a reply
The best royal biography of 2021 according to the Daily Mail.
The Sunday Times bestseller.
The frank biography of the most ambiguous and scandalous couple of the twentieth century is the former king Edward VIII and the divorced American Wallis Simpson.
1936. December. England. The newly made king Edward VIII renounces the throne for the sake of a beloved woman. Their relationship was accompanied by numerous scandals that were supposed to end after the wedding. But, as the story showed, this was just beginning.
Historian Andrew Lawny plunges into a hitherto unknown to the general archives and interviews, tearing the masks from the ducal couple: sympathy of fascism and friendship with Hitler, secret documents about the attempt to recruit the Duke as a German spy, carefully hidden by Churchill, Eduard"s reluctance to reveal the murder of the best friend While Windsor was held by the governor of the Bahamas, a full-scale enmity with the British crown due to financial fraud and public exit of the couple, the numerous love of Wallis in marriage with a weak and miserable husband.
The whole truth about the expulsion, flight and intrins of the Duke of Windsor, who turned away from the family and country for money and a sick passion for one woman, is disclosed in the "King of the Consecration" King.
"gloomy irresistible ... hundreds of stunning details ... exciting ... murderous portrait of Windsor" - Daily Mail "Book of the Week"
"dynamically written and manic readable ..." - E. N. Wilson, TLS
"scrupulously investigated" - Spectator
"spectacular ... convincing ... modern. Mandatory reading for members of the Royal Family " - Eventing Standard
The Sunday Times bestseller.
The frank biography of the most ambiguous and scandalous couple of the twentieth century is the former king Edward VIII and the divorced American Wallis Simpson.
1936. December. England. The newly made king Edward VIII renounces the throne for the sake of a beloved woman. Their relationship was accompanied by numerous scandals that were supposed to end after the wedding. But, as the story showed, this was just beginning.
Historian Andrew Lawny plunges into a hitherto unknown to the general archives and interviews, tearing the masks from the ducal couple: sympathy of fascism and friendship with Hitler, secret documents about the attempt to recruit the Duke as a German spy, carefully hidden by Churchill, Eduard"s reluctance to reveal the murder of the best friend While Windsor was held by the governor of the Bahamas, a full-scale enmity with the British crown due to financial fraud and public exit of the couple, the numerous love of Wallis in marriage with a weak and miserable husband.
The whole truth about the expulsion, flight and intrins of the Duke of Windsor, who turned away from the family and country for money and a sick passion for one woman, is disclosed in the "King of the Consecration" King.
"gloomy irresistible ... hundreds of stunning details ... exciting ... murderous portrait of Windsor" - Daily Mail "Book of the Week"
"dynamically written and manic readable ..." - E. N. Wilson, TLS
"scrupulously investigated" - Spectator
"spectacular ... convincing ... modern. Mandatory reading for members of the Royal Family " - Eventing Standard
Author:
Author:Эндрю Лоуни
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-162741-6
No reviews found