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Edward VIII / by Frances Donaldson.

LIBRA Special DA580 .D64 1975
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Donaldson, Frances Lonsdale, Lady
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Great Britain.
Kings and rulers.
Great Britain--History--Edward VIII, 1936.
History.
Genre:
Biographies.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
477 pages 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Lippincott, [1975]
Summary:
Chronicles the life of the late, enigmatic Duke of Windsor, scrutinizing his unusual upbringing, his complex and flawed character, his precipitous abdication, and his twenty-five years of embittered exile.
Contents:
Childhood
Navy
Oxford
First world war
The prince in love
The first tours
India
The prince at home
Abroad
'No doubt of the young man's capacity for goodness'
Wallis Warfield
Mrs. Simpson
King Edward
The king and Nazi Germany
The Nahlin
The divorce
The letter
'Something must be done'
The Morganatic marriage proposal
The press breaks silence
A king's party?
The last days
After the abdication
Schloss Enzesfeld
The wedding
The Duke of Windsor visits Germany
Married life
The war
Encounter with the Germans
The Bahamas
The exile
The homecoming
Abdication message of Edward VIII.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
Other Format:
Online version: Donaldson, Frances Lonsdale, Lady. Edward VIII.
ISBN:
0397007655
9780397007653
OCLC:
1130063

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