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Dean, Rebecca, 1943-
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Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986 -- Fiction.
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Fiction.
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Dean, Rebecca, 1943-
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986 -- Fiction.
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Fiction.
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Wallis
/ Rebecca Dean.
by
Dean, Rebecca, 1943-
Harper, c2012.
Call #:
FICTION DEA
Subjects
Windsor
,
Wallis
Warfield,
Duchess
of, 1896-1986 -- Fiction.
Windsor
, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780007315734 (trade pbk.)
Alternate title:
Wallis
Simpson
,
Duchess
of
Windsor
The shadow queen.
Description:
454 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Also published under the title: "The shadow queen".
Summary:
Two lovers. Two very different lives. One future together that will change history. When debutante
Wallis
Simpson
is growing up, she devotes her teenage daydreams to one man, the future King of England, Prince Edward. But it's Pamela Holtby,
Wallis
's aristocratic best friend, who mixes within the palace circle.
Wallis
's first marriage to a dashing young naval pilot is not what she dreamt of; he turns out to be a dominating bully of a man, who punishes her relentlessly. But her fated marriage does open a suprising door, to the world of Navy couriers -- where navy wives are being used to transport messages around the world. This interesting turn of fate takes
Wallis
from the exuberant social scene in Washington to a China that is just emerging from civil war. Edward in the meantime is busy fulfilling his royal duties -- and some extra-curricular ones involving married women. Until the day, just before he ascends the throne as Edward VIII, he is introduced to a very special married woman,
Wallis
Simpson
. Was
Wallis
Simpson
really the monster the royal family perported her to be? Or was she an extraordinary woman who led an unimaginable life? A dramatic novel, that crosses continents and provides a unique insight into one of history's most charismatic and multi-faceted women.
Genre:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
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