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The Mountbattens : the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten
- Title
- The Mountbattens : the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten / Andrew Lownie.
- Author
- Lownie, Andrew
- Publication
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
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Details
- Description
- 490 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The intimate story of a unique marriage spanning the heights of British glamor and power that descends into infidelity, manipulation, and disaster through the heart of the twentieth century"--
- He was a major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name; he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India. She was once the richest woman in Britain, a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, but she emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker who was loved throughout the world. Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten were a powerful partnership. Lownie reveals the truth behind a carefully curated legend, and the rumors that Dickie was a man of high-level connections, film-star looks and ruthless self-promotion. He examines controversies such as the Dieppe Raid and Indian Partition, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru, and Mountbatten's assassination in 1979. -- adapted from jacket
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-478) and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- Prologue -- Beginnings -- Students -- First loves -- Duty -- Honeymoon -- A marriage under threat -- Divergent paths -- A terrible scandal -- Playing to win -- Problems in the family -- At war -- Combined operations -- The Dieppe raid -- Supremo -- Relief work -- Love and marriage -- A poisoned chalice -- A tryst with destiny -- Governor-General -- A deeper attachment -- Malta again -- Separate lives -- Sea lord -- After Edwina -- Retirement -- Fixer -- Ireland -- Rumours -- Legacy.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-8562
- ISBN
- 9781643137919
- 1643137913
- OCLC
- 1265405313
- Author
- Lownie, Andrew, author.
- Title
- The Mountbattens : the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten / Andrew Lownie.
- Publisher
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-478) and index.
- Other Editions:
- Reproduction of (manifestation): Lownie, Andrew. Mountbattens. London : Blink, 2019 (DLC) 2019458219
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-8562