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Wallis in love : the untold life of the Duchess of Windsor, the woman who changed the monarchy
- Title
- Wallis in love : the untold life of the Duchess of Windsor, the woman who changed the monarchy / Andrew Morton.
- Author
- Morton, Andrew, 1953-
- Publication
- New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xi, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Before she was the woman who enticed a king from his throne, Bessie Wallis Warfield was a prudish girl from Baltimore. Morton shows how she transformed from a hard-nosed gold-digger to charming chatelaine, taking us through Wallis's romantic adventures in Washington, China, and London.
- Subjects
- Marriages of royalty and nobility
- Nobility
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972
- Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- Biographies
- Biography
- Marriages of royalty and nobility > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Nobility > Great Britain > Biography
- Great Britain
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 > Marriage
- History
- 1900-1999
- Marriage
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page [343]-376) and index.
- Contents
- "All is love" -- I married a sadist -- He was simply irresistible -- "The world's biggest tease" -- Wallis stole my man -- "This weird royal obsession" -- "Mission accomplished" -- A shortlist of one -- A bounder, a libertine, and a spy -- "Wally for queen!" -- "You God-damned fool" -- I want your baby -- "Only one woman exists for him" -- "A whole nation against one woman" -- "The only man I've ever loved" -- "Ice runs through their veins" -- "Wallis, Wallis, Wallis, Wallis."
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2810
- ISBN
- 9781455566976
- 1455566977
- LCCN
- 2017034572
- OCLC
- 989965984
- Author
- Morton, Andrew, 1953- author.
- Title
- Wallis in love : the untold life of the Duchess of Windsor, the woman who changed the monarchy / Andrew Morton.
- Publisher
- New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page [343]-376) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2810