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Wallis in love : the untold life of the Duchess of Windsor, the woman who changed the monarchy / Andrew Morton.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781455566976 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xi, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | All is love -- I married a sadist -- He was simply irresistible -- The world's biggest tease -- Wallis stole my man -- My royal obsession -- Mission accomplished -- A shortlist of one -- A bounder, a libertine and a spy -- Wally for queen -- You God damned fool -- I want your baby -- Only one woman exists for him -- A whole nation against one woman -- The only man I ever loved -- Ice in their veins -- Wallis, Wallis, Wallis, Wallis. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Cookstown Branch | 941.084092 Winds-M | 31681010086635 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A portrait of the woman for whom Edward VIII infamously abdicated the British throne draws on journal entries, letters and other previously unseen records to analyze her complex personality against the backdrop of Jazz Age London. By the #1New York Times best-selling author of Diana: In Her Own Words and 17 Carnations . 60,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
A portrait of the woman for whom Edward VIII infamously abdicated the British throne draws on journal entries, letters, and other previously unseen records to analyze her complex personality against the backdrop of Jazz Age London. - Grand Central Pub
For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the author of the New York Times bestseller 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Wallis Simpson, the notorious woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne.
"You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance." -- Wallis Simpson
Before she became known as the woman who enticed a king from his throne and birthright, Bessie Wallis Warfield was a prudish and particular girl from Baltimore. At turns imaginative, ambitious, and spoiled, Wallis's first words as recalled by her family were "me, me." From that young age, she was in want of nothing but stability, status, and social acceptance as she fought to climb the social ladder and take her place in London society. As irony would have it, she would gain the love and devotion of a king, but only at the cost of his throne and her reputation.
In Wallis in Love, acclaimed biographer Andrew Morton offers a fresh portrait of Wallis Simpson in all her vibrancy and brazenness as she transformed from a hard-nosed gold-digger to charming chatelaine. Using diary entries, letters, and other never-before-seen records, Morton takes us through Wallis's romantic adventures in Washington, China, and her entrance into the strange wonderland that is London society. During her journey, we meet an extraordinary array of characters, many of whom smoothed the way for her dalliance with the king of England, Edward VIII.
Wallis in Love goes beyond Wallis's infamous persona and reveals a complex, domineering woman striving to determine her own fate and grapple with matters of the heart.
