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Larman, Alexander, 1981-
Subjects
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Abdication.
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Abdication.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936.
Great Britain -- History -- Edward VIII, 1936.
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Larman, Alexander, 1981-
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Abdication.
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Abdication.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936.
Great Britain -- History -- Edward VIII, 1936.
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The crown in crisis : countdown to the abdication / Alexander Larman.
by
Larman, Alexander, 1981-
St. Martin's Press, 2021.
Call #:
941.084 L324c
Subjects
Windsor,
Edward
, Duke of, 1894-1972
--
Abdication.
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.
Great
Britain
--
Kings and rulers
--
Abdication.
Great
Britain
--
Politics and government
--
1910-1936.
Great
Britain
--
History
--
Edward
VIII
,
1936
.
ISBN:
9781250274847 (hc)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
xviii, 333 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-297) and index.
Summary:
"On December 10,
1936
, King
Edward
VIII
brought a
great
international drama to a close when he abdicated, renouncing the throne of the United Kingdom for himself and his heirs. The reason he gave when addressing his subjects was that he could not fulfill his duties without the woman he loved
--
the notorious American divorcee Wallis Simpson
--
by his side. His actions scandalized the establishment, who were desperate to avoid an international embarrassment at a time when war seemed imminent. That the King was rumored to have Nazi sympathies only strengthened their determination that he should be forced off the throne, by any means necessary. Alexander Larman's The Crown in Crisis will treat readers to a new, thrilling view of this legendary story. Informed by revelatory archival material never-before-seen, as well as by interviews with many of
Edward
's and Wallis's close friends, Larman creates an hour-by-hour, day-by-day suspenseful narrative that brings readers up to the point where the microphone is turned on and the king speaks to his subjects. As well as focusing on King
Edward
and Mrs. Simpson, Larman looks closely at the roles played by those that stood against him: Prime minister Stanley Baldwin, his private secretary Alec Hardinge, and the Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Lang. Larman also takes the full measure of those who supported him: the
great
politician Winston Churchill, Machiavellian newspaper owner Lord Beaverbrook, and the brilliant lawyer Walter Monckton. For the first time in a book about the abdication, readers will read an in-depth account of the assassination attempt on
Edward
's life and its consequences, a first-person chronicle of Wallis Simpson's scandalous divorce proceedings, information from the Royal Archives about the government's worries about
Edward
's relationship with Nazi high-command Ribbentrop and a boots-on-the-ground view of how the British people saw
Edward
as they watched the drama unfold. You won't be able to put down The Crown in Crisis, a full panorama of the people and the times surrounding
Edward
and the woman he loved."--Publisher.
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