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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... called in from Baltimore to assist in the delivery . All of this argues heavily for a premature birth . Nor is there anything particularly sinister in the fact that the birth was not registered . As Michael Thornton points out , there ...
... called in from Baltimore to assist in the delivery . All of this argues heavily for a premature birth . Nor is there anything particularly sinister in the fact that the birth was not registered . As Michael Thornton points out , there ...
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... called her Bessie , after her mother's older sister , and Wallis in honor of her father . Both names were run together , according to southern custom , and as she grew older , the child soon came to despise the name . " So many cows are ...
... called her Bessie , after her mother's older sister , and Wallis in honor of her father . Both names were run together , according to southern custom , and as she grew older , the child soon came to despise the name . " So many cows are ...
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... called her Minnehaha and she responded with a wide grin . " 33 One of the stories which would most disturb Wallis in her later life and one she would always vehemently deny was that her mother ran a boardinghouse . These allegations ...
... called her Minnehaha and she responded with a wide grin . " 33 One of the stories which would most disturb Wallis in her later life and one she would always vehemently deny was that her mother ran a boardinghouse . These allegations ...
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... called in her sister Bessie and cousin Lelia Barnett to calm her daughter and try to reason with her . They carefully explained that Alice loved Mr. Rasin and that it was wrong of Wallis to hurt her mother by not attending a ceremony ...
... called in her sister Bessie and cousin Lelia Barnett to calm her daughter and try to reason with her . They carefully explained that Alice loved Mr. Rasin and that it was wrong of Wallis to hurt her mother by not attending a ceremony ...
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... called Miss Jackson to give Wallis piano lessons . Miss Jackson came one afternoon a week and supervised as Wallis sat pounding away at the keyboard . Not surprisingly , the young girl hated these lessons , for she was tone deaf . She ...
... called Miss Jackson to give Wallis piano lessons . Miss Jackson came one afternoon a week and supervised as Wallis sat pounding away at the keyboard . Not surprisingly , the young girl hated these lessons , for she was tone deaf . She ...
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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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