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The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life
The Duchess of Windsor The Secret Life
Author: Charles Higham
Wallis, the Duchess of Windsor, was one of the most famous women in history, the American divorcée who captured the King of England, Edward VIII, and cost him his throne. Until Charles Higham’s 1.3 million-copy bestseller, much of her life was a glamorous mystery. Now, fifteen years later, major new documentary evidence, classified ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781557732279
ISBN-10: 1557732272
Publication Date: 8/1989
Pages: 529
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3.4 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Jove Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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THE DAZZLING WEALTH.
THE ROYAL SCANDAL.
THE SHOCKING STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO WOULD BE QUEEN....

SHE WAS WALLIS WARFIELD SIMPSON, DUCHESS OF WINDSOR--THE WOMAN FOR WHOM AN IMPASSIONED EDWARD VIII GAVE UP HIS THRONE. FROM HER FAIRY-TALE RISE TO ROYALTY TO THE ASTOUNDING SCANDALS THAT CHALLENGED BRITISH POSTERITY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHARLES HIGHAM REVEALS THE COMPLETE TRUTH ABOUT THE WOMAN BEHIND THE LEGEND....

HER RUTHLESS POWER SCHEMES.
HER UNIQUE SEDUCTIVE CHARMS.
HER NOTORIOUS NAZI CONNECTIONS.

HERE, TOO, ARE INTIMATE DETAILS OF HER LIFE WITH THE DUKE, FROM BIZARRE BOUDOIR PRACTICES TO INVOLVEMENT IN A SENSATIONAL MURDER COVER-UP....FULLY DOCUMENTED FROM EXCLUSIVE SOURCES, THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR UNVEILS THE SECRET LIFE OF ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT WOMEN OF THE CENTURY!
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A well researched and written history of the woman behind Edward VIII's abdication. This book was both interesting and enjoyable to read, even though it did not create any sympathy for Wallis Warfield Simpson.
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