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Book Review of The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life

The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life
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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!