Traitor King
The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor: AS FEATURED ON CHANNEL 4 TV DOCUMENTARY
Seiten
2022
Blink Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78870-487-8 (ISBN)
Blink Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78870-487-8 (ISBN)
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
UPDATED PAPERBACK FEATURING NEW CONTENT
A Daily Mail Royal Book of the Year, 2021
A Spectator Book of the Year, 2021
'Briskly written and compulsively readable' - A.N. Wilson, TLS
'Meticulously researched' - Spectator
'Entertaining, convincing, timely' - Evening Standard
December 1936. The King of England, Edward VIII, has given up his Crown, foregoing his duty for the love of Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée. Their courtship has been dogged by controversy and scandal, but with Edward's abdication, they can live happily ever after. But do they?
In Traitor King, bestselling historian Andrew Lownie draws on hitherto unexplored archives to uncover the dramatic world of the Windsors post-abdication. Lownie reveals a couple obsessed with their status, financially exploiting their position and manipulating the media. Filled with treachery and betrayal, this is a story of an exiled Royal and the Nazi attempts to recruit him to their cause. And of why the Royal family never forgave the Duke for choosing love over duty.
UPDATED PAPERBACK FEATURING NEW CONTENT
A Daily Mail Royal Book of the Year, 2021
A Spectator Book of the Year, 2021
'Briskly written and compulsively readable' - A.N. Wilson, TLS
'Meticulously researched' - Spectator
'Entertaining, convincing, timely' - Evening Standard
December 1936. The King of England, Edward VIII, has given up his Crown, foregoing his duty for the love of Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée. Their courtship has been dogged by controversy and scandal, but with Edward's abdication, they can live happily ever after. But do they?
In Traitor King, bestselling historian Andrew Lownie draws on hitherto unexplored archives to uncover the dramatic world of the Windsors post-abdication. Lownie reveals a couple obsessed with their status, financially exploiting their position and manipulating the media. Filled with treachery and betrayal, this is a story of an exiled Royal and the Nazi attempts to recruit him to their cause. And of why the Royal family never forgave the Duke for choosing love over duty.
Andrew Lownie was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was Dunster History Prizeman and President of the Union, before taking his Masters and doctorate at Edinburgh University. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and former visiting fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, he has run his own literary agency since 1988. A trustee of the Campaign for Freedom of Information and President of The Biographers Club, he has written for the Times, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, Spectator and Guardian and formerly served in the Royal Naval Reserve.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.04.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Chichester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 362 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78870-487-8 / 1788704878 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78870-487-8 / 9781788704878 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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