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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...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A new look at Britain's abdication crisis of 1936. In a series set in 1967, Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson look back at the dramatic events, which led to King Edward VIII giving up the throne for the woman he loved. Combining drama reconstructions, archives, and interviews, follow the intimate and moving story of two strong women drawn into a bitter feud over their husbands.
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Pub. Date
2012
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xvi, 344 p., [24] p. of plates (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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"One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the last century. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by a woman of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, which sheds light on the fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England."--Provided by publisher.
4) The real Wallis Simpson: a new history of the American divorcee who became the Duchess of Windsor
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
631 pages (large print) ; genealogical tables ; 23 cm.
Description
"In a complex, riveting and tragic true story of manipulation and betrayal, Anna Pasternak rejects the conventional view of the Duchess of Windsor and reveals a loyal and intelligent woman who was trapped by cunning, powerful men in a life she never wanted." --
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Pub. Date
2012
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344 p. ; 24 cm.
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In a tale set against a backdrop of pre-World War II turbulence in England and Edward VIII's scandalous affair, a fatherless chauffeur shares an undeclared love with a complex Oxford undergraduate, a housekeeper hides her Nazi sympathies and a woman struggles with escalating tensions in her friendship with Wallace Simpson.
6) W./E
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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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.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 350 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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On the evening of December 11, 1936, England's King Edward VIII formally broadcast his farewell to a nation. Torn between duty and love, he had decided to follow his heart. Follows the true story and the unforgettable romance that developed between the Prince of Wales and an extraordinary American woman named Wallis Simpson. That she was already married and rumored to have had other affairs, ruffled more than a few feathers. The scandal only heats...
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