The Duchess of Windsor The Secret Life
, by Higham, CharlesNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780471485230 | 0471485233
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/22/2004
"Deeply researched, valuable." -The New York Times Book Review"A shocker . . . stunning . . . absolutely hypnotic. . . . A world of beautiful houses, ceaseless travel, trendsetting fashion, and powerful figures. . . . Fascinating revelations." -CosmopolitanWallis, the Duchess of Windsor, was one of the most famous women in history, the American divorceacute;e who captured the King of England, Edward VIII, and cost him his throne. Until Charles Higham's 1.3 million-copy bestseller, much of her life was a glamorous mystery. Now, fifteen years later, major new documentary evidence, classified at the time, makes for a book far more sensational than the original bestseller. Drawing from long-suppressed archives in France, England, and the United States, Higham has uncovered the duchess's passionate affair with a top-ranking political figure, the duke's romantic involvement with a male equerry, the secret radio broadcasts the couple made to Hitler, and the blackmail plot in Paris that almost brought them-and the British royal family-to ruin. This updated new edition of The Duchess of Windsor is essential reading."Higham's best. . . . Serious, deliciously fresh . . . documented by newly opened secret government files in the U.S. and England." -Kirkus Reviews"Smooth and entertaining." -The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)"An excellent biography . . . alert to every nuance." -The London Sunday Telegraph