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The 8 Best Books About the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Atria Books The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor
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This biography of Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak argues that Wallis never wanted Edward to abdicate, and that she was the real victim of the abdication. "Instead of simply belittling Wallis and defaming her reputation," Pasternak writes, "we might try to understand this modern, intelligent, remarkable woman and the impossible situation she was placed in."
Read an excerpt of The Real Wallis Simpson here
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Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
Author Andrew Lownie begins his story on the day of King Edward VIII's abdication. Lownie focuses in on the Windsors' time in exile, including their tour of Nazi Germany—he calls them "actively engaged with the German intrigues"—then covers Edward's time as governor of the Bahamas during World War II.
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The Windsor Story: An intimate portrait of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
Charles Murphy ghostwrote both the Duke of Windsor and the Duchess of Windsor's memoirs (A King’s Story and The Heart Has Its Reasons, res
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Wallis in Love: The Numberless Life bargain the Duchess of City, the Girl Who Exchanged the Monarchy
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The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - Hardcover
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Never in history had a love affair so stirred the imagination of so many millions of people all over the world. But then, never before had the king and emperor of the greatest empire in the world given up his throne to marry the woman he loved.
Ralph G. Martin, author of the best-selling JENNIE: THE LIFE OF LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, has written the first full story of the romance of the century. It is a dual biography of the girl from Baltimore, Wallis Warfield, and the Prince Charming of the World, whose heart she had captured.
The Prince could have picked from any of the most beautiful women, but chose instead this married woman of forty, already once divorced, and the world wondered why. THE WOMAN HE LOVED provides those answers frankly and completely--answers that involve sex and politics and the all-too-human side of British royalty. It is the story of one of the most fascinating women of our time, of the making and unmaking of a king, of the high drama of abdication, and of a cast of characters ranging from Prime Minister Baldwin and the Archbishop of Canterbury to Winston Churchill and Aly Khan.
Martin's book openly discusses the difficulties of the Windsor's marriage, their much-c