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Author Pasternak, Anna, 1967- author.

Title The real Wallis Simpson : a new history of the American divorcée who became the Duchess of Windsor / Anna Pasternak.

Publication Info. New York : Atria Books, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 GDL Central Library Non-Fiction    92 Windsor,W PAS    Available
Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description xxiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-319) and index.
Contents The Prince's girl -- Ich dien -- One and only -- God bless WE -- Down with the American harlot -- Oceans of agony -- The last hour -- The fury -- Untitled -- The Twilight Zone -- A shadow king -- Son Altese Royale -- My David.
Summary In a complex, riveting and tragic true story of manipulation and betrayal, Anna Pasternak rejects the conventional view of the Duchess of Windsor and reveals a loyal and intelligent woman who was trapped by cunning, powerful men in a life she never wanted.
Subject Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Marriage.
Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Title New history of the American divorcée who became the Duchess of Windsor
ISBN 9781501198441 (hardcover)
1501198440 (hardcover)
9781501198458 (pbk.)
1501198459 (pbk.)

 
    
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