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Author
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...
5) W./E
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1998, lonely New Yorker Wally Winthrop is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Winthrop's research reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives--from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents' letters and diaries and to the papers of their close friends and family, Sally...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She was 'sugar pink' innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins. The marriage of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in November 1947 is remembered as the beginning of an extraordinary, lifelong union but success was not guaranteed. Elizabeth and Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy plunges us back into the 1940s when a teenage princess fell in love with a foreign...
8) The real Wallis Simpson: a new history of the American divorcée who became the Duchess of Windsor
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At the center of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century, Wallis Simpson was accused of entrapping Prince Edward in a seductive web in order to achieve her audacious ambition to become Queen of England. But in this surprising new biography, Anna Pasternak tells a different story. Although flattered by the prince's infatuation, Wallis never expected it to last. She never wanted to divorce her husband or marry Edward. But she hadn't anticipated...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Overview: "I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known-and I will be Queen of England." Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Known to history as the Queen who was pushed off her throne by Anne Boleyn, here is a Katherine the world has forgotten: the enchanting princess that all England loved. First married to Henry VIII's...
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
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it wasn't without its problems. The romance between the sailor prince and the young princess brought a splash of colour to a nation still in the grip of post-war austerity. When they married in Westminster Abbey in November 1947, there were 3000 guests, including six kings and seven queens. Within five years, as Queen Elizabeth...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Cuando una joven princesa Isabel conoció y se enamoró del apuesto teniente naval príncipe Felipe de Grecia y Dinamarca, no estuvo exento de problemas. El romance entre el príncipe marinero y la joven princesa trajo un toque de color a una nación todavía en las garras de la austeridad de la posguerra. Cuando se casaron en la Abadía de Westminster en noviembre de 1947, había 3000 invitados, incluidos seis reyes y siete reinas. Dentro de cinco...
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