Traitor King
The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus books paperback edition.
Description: 422 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 23 cm
The complex and contradictory lives of the Windsors following Edward's abdication of the British throne in 1936. Shut out by the royal family, the couple was forced into exile--but a glamorous one in which they flitted from sumptuously appointed mansions in the south of France to luxurious residences in Palm Beach. They were spoiled, selfish people, obsessed with their image, reveling in adulterous affairs, and financially exploiting their position in a glittering world riddled with treachery and betrayal.
Contents:
The year of three kings -- Waiting to wed -- The wedding -- Honeymoon -- The German tour -- Interlude -- Countdown to war -- Phoney war -- Escape -- Operation Willi -- Exiled -- Under surveillance -- Governor -- Murder in paradise -- Beyond the Bahamas -- The German documents -- A life without purpose -- The wandering Windsors -- Secret affairs -- Settling down -- The heart has it reasons -- Coming in from the cold -- The Duchess alone -- Relationships -- Traitor king.
Subjects:
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972.
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.
Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972.
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.
Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781639363872 (pbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Europe England Low | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/7/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-405) and index.