The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471485233 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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This updated new edition of The Duchess of Windsor is essential reading."Higham’s best. and England." –Kirkus Reviews"Smooth and entertaining." –The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)"An excellent biography alert to every nuance." –The London Sunday Telegraph. "Deeply researched, valuable." –The New York Times Book Review "A shocker stunning absolutely hypnotic. Drawing from long-suppressed archives in France, England, and the United States, Higham has uncovered the duchess’s passionate affair with a top-ranking political figure, the duke’s romantic involvement with a male equerry, the secret radio broadcasts the couple made to Hitler, and the blackmail plot in Paris that almost bro
A Story of Ambition And Greed, Stargazer How History portrays Edward V111 and Mrs Simpson will probably vary somewhat - but this book from Charles Higham is an excellent starting point for history buffs.With the passing of time, more and documents are being made available for perusal from a wide range of sources. The Governments of Britain,Germany, Austria and Italy for starters.Then add Buckingham Palace letters and documents,and the views o. "The author has done a good work. He describes accurately" according to abrakatabra. The author has done a good work.He describes accurately, Wallis Simpson s charachter and also the social and historical environment of her time.From what we read,we understand,that she was a very able and evil woman,unfaithfull to Edward,though he had abandoned so much for her.I do not think,that he found tenderness with her,but maybe,he didnt want something like that.She was vain and fiercely ambitiou. Twits? Yes -- and worse: Nazi collaborators At the time, the "romance of the century" was seen through the lenses of love. Behind the scenes, however, Edward VIII of England was a weak man totally in the thrall of a domineering and dangerous woman, Bessie Wallis Simpson. (Thank heaven, she dropped the Bessie.) When he abdicated and became the Duke of Windsor, he and his Duchess became not only roving mooches, seeking out wealthy patrons to pay t
. First serial to the Star; Literary Guild alternate; author tour. Photos not seen by PW. There are also stories implying sexual deviance on the part of both the Windsors. Bessie Wallis Warfield, an illegitimate child, was born in 1895 to a prominent Baltimore family. She grew up ferociously ambitious, married bisexual Navy officer Winfield Spencer in 1916, traveled to China where she supposedly acquired skills in erotic arts, took lovers, dealt drugs and spied for Russiaaccording to show-biz biographer Higham (Brando, etc.). In due course, she moved on to England and achieved her ultimate goal as "the woman I love" who cost the empire a king. From