Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy
Autor Andrew Mortonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 feb 2018
"You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance." -Wallis Simpson
Before
she
became
known
as
the
woman
who
enticed
a
king
from
his
throne
and
birthright,
Bessie
Wallis
Warfield
was
a
prudish
and
particular
girl
from
Baltimore.
At
turns
imaginative,
ambitious,
and
spoiled,
Wallis's
first
words
as
recalled
by
her
family
were
"me,
me."
From
that
young
age,
she
was
in
want
of
nothing
but
stability,
status,
and
social
acceptance
as
she
fought
to
climb
the
social
ladder
and
take
her
place
in
London
society.
As
irony
would
have
it,
she
would
gain
the
love
and
devotion
of
a
king,
but
only
at
the
cost
of
his
throne
and
her
reputation.
In
WALLIS
IN
LOVE,
acclaimed
biographer
Andrew
Morton
offers
a
fresh
portrait
of
Wallis
Simpson
in
all
her
vibrancy
and
brazenness
as
she
transformed
from
a
hard-nosed
gold-digger
to
charming
chatelaine.
Using
diary
entries,
letters,
and
other
never-before-seen
records,
Morton
takes
us
through
Wallis's
romantic
adventures
in
Washington,
China,
and
her
entrance
into
the
strange
wonderland
that
is
London
society.
During
her
journey,
we
meet
an
extraordinary
array
of
characters,
many
of
whom
smoothed
the
way
for
her
dalliance
with
the
king
of
England,
Edward
VIII.
WALLIS
IN
LOVE
goes
beyond
Wallis's
infamous
persona
and
reveals
a
complex,
domineering
woman
striving
to
determine
her
own
fate
and
grapple
with
matters
of
the
heart.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455566976
ISBN-10: 1455566977
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1455566977
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
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Notă biografică
Andrew
Morton
studied
history
at
the
University
of
Sussex,
England,
with
a
focus
on
aristocracy
and
the
1930s.
Morton
has
written
biographies
featuring
the
British
Royal
Family
as
well
as
celebrities,
including
Tom
Cruise,
Angelina
Jolie,
and
Madonna.
His
bestselling
biography
of
Princess
Diana,Diana:
Her
True
Story,
met
with
international
acclaim
as
"the
closest
we
will
ever
come
to
her
autobiography."
Recenzii
"The
best
account
so
far
of
the
most
notorious
woman-and
most
dangerous
threat
to
the
British
royal
family-of
the
twentieth
century.
Andrew
Morton
presents
a
convincing
picture
of
Wallis
Simpson's
rip-roaring
sexual
and
social
adventures
and
her
curious
marriage
to
the
Duke
of
Windsor."—Sarah
Bradford,
international
bestselling
author
of
Elizabeth:
A
Biography
of
Her
Majesty
the
Queen
and
Diana
"Remarkable. Supersedes and surpasses all previous Wallis biographies with its wealth of new detail and insight. Andrew Morton's crowning achievement."—Christopher Wilson, author of Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue
"The best known chronicler of the Royals, Andrew Morton provides tantalizing new details about the scandalous life of Wallis Simpson."—Meryl Gordon, New York Times bestselling author of Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend
"Remarkable. Supersedes and surpasses all previous Wallis biographies with its wealth of new detail and insight. Andrew Morton's crowning achievement."—Christopher Wilson, author of Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue
"The best known chronicler of the Royals, Andrew Morton provides tantalizing new details about the scandalous life of Wallis Simpson."—Meryl Gordon, New York Times bestselling author of Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend