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Edward VIII / by Frances Donaldson.
LIBRA Special DA580 .D64 1975
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DA580 .D64 1975
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donaldson, Frances Lonsdale, Lady
- 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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