The Duchess Of WindsorKensington Publishing Corp., 1 may 2011 - 576 páginas “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 |
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... began to view the Duchess of Windsor in this light : someone who had blundered into a system she did not understand and which refused to change ; who came under the influ- ence of a man more stubborn than she , whose petulant ...
... began to view the Duchess of Windsor in this light : someone who had blundered into a system she did not understand and which refused to change ; who came under the influ- ence of a man more stubborn than she , whose petulant ...
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... began to develop con- siderable charm , which she worked to great effect on both her fellow students and her teachers . Wallis joined nearly all of the teams at Arundell . She did not par- ticularly care for sports but enjoyed being ...
... began to develop con- siderable charm , which she worked to great effect on both her fellow students and her teachers . Wallis joined nearly all of the teams at Arundell . She did not par- ticularly care for sports but enjoyed being ...
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... began to com- plain of ill health : one week it was a cold ; the next , a headache , fol- lowed by stomach flu or weakness . She enjoyed being coddled and indulged , although the other girls seemed to have quickly realized that most of ...
... began to com- plain of ill health : one week it was a cold ; the next , a headache , fol- lowed by stomach flu or weakness . She enjoyed being coddled and indulged , although the other girls seemed to have quickly realized that most of ...
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... Serbian nationalist during a visit to Sarajevo . As Austria began shelling Belgrade , Ger- many invaded Belgium , and the Great War erupted in Europe , the heads of the young girls in Baltimore were filled with Youth 31.
... Serbian nationalist during a visit to Sarajevo . As Austria began shelling Belgrade , Ger- many invaded Belgium , and the Great War erupted in Europe , the heads of the young girls in Baltimore were filled with Youth 31.
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... began to learn , just as often he would persist in his gloomy silence , his anger unspoken but barely contained . As a young , eligible officer , Win Spencer suffered no shortage of beautiful female admirers and must have had something ...
... began to learn , just as often he would persist in his gloomy silence , his anger unspoken but barely contained . As a young , eligible officer , Win Spencer suffered no shortage of beautiful female admirers and must have had something ...
Índice
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46 | |
China | 58 |
Ernest | 68 |
The Prince of Wales | 79 |
The Visit to Germany | 277 |
Exile in Paris | 290 |
Two Houses | 301 |
War | 317 |
The Plot to Kidnap the Windsors | 328 |
The Bahamas | 331 |
The Duchesss War Work | 358 |
Shady Friendships Murder and Treachery | 367 |
A Fateful Weekend | 97 |
Wallis in Wonderland | 106 |
The Relationship Deepens | 116 |
The Passing of the King | 131 |
The New Reign | 139 |
The Kings Mistress | 150 |
The Nahlin Cruise | 164 |
The Divorce | 173 |
Growing Troubles | 181 |
A Pretty Kettle of Fish | 193 |
The Morganatic Marriage Proposal | 200 |
Flight to France | 210 |
The Struggle for the Throne | 219 |
Abdication | 233 |
Rat Week | 241 |
The Whole World Against Us and Our Love | 251 |
At War With the Royal Family | 258 |
The Wedding | 264 |
Postwar Wanderings | 376 |
The Death of the King | 386 |
The Last Two Houses | 393 |
A Woman of Style | 403 |
Life in Paris | 413 |
41 | 421 |
American Adventures 393 | 424 |
The Windsors and the Royal Family | 441 |
Declining Years | 452 |
The Dukes Death | 461 |
Wallis Alone | 476 |
Last Years | 487 |
Epilogue | 495 |
Acknowledgments | 507 |
Source Notes | 511 |
Bibliography | 537 |
Index | 549 |
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The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson Greg King No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2020 |
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