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Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The complex and contradictory lives of the Windsors following Edward's abdication of the British throne in 1936. Shut out by the royal family, the couple was forced into exile--but a glamorous one in which they flitted from sumptuously appointed mansions in the south of France to luxurious residences in Palm Beach. They were spoiled, selfish people, obsessed with their image, reveling in adulterous affairs, and financially exploiting their position...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the author of the New York Times bestseller 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Wallis Simpson, the notorious woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne.
Before she became known as the woman who enticed a king from his throne and birthright, Bessie Wallis Warfield was a prudish and particular girl from Baltimore. At turns imaginative, ambitious, and spoiled, Wallis's first words as...
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This entertaining program captures all the emotion, excitement, and style of England's royal weddings since 1923, including the ceremonies of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Charles and Diana, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, and many, many more! Presenter Sophie Raworth (BBC News) goes behind the pomp and circumstance of the weddings to offer viewers a glimpse of a world few of us will ever encounter.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Provides an inside look at Prince William and Kate Middleton, delving into their backgrounds, their meeting as students at the University of St Andrews, the ups and downs of their relationship, their engagement, and their wedding.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives of the five daughters of England's Queen Victoria: Vicky, mother of Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm; Alice, mother of Alexandra, Tsarina of Russia; Helena, literary executor of her father, Prince Albert; Louise, who became Canada's First Lady and a respected sculptor; and Beatrice, who was her mother's right-hand woman until Victoria's death.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. David Starkey argues that the king was not a depraved philanderer but someone seeking happiness-and a son. Knowingly or not, he elevated a group of women to extraordinary heights and changed the way a nation was governed.