Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor: AS FEATUR

Description: Traitor King by Andrew Lownie The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the abdication of Edward VIII when the former king was kept in exile, feuding with his family over status for his wife, Wallis Simpson, and denied any real job.Drawing on extensive research into hitherto unused archives and Freedom of Information requests, it makes the case that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were not the naive dupes of the Germans but actively intrigued against Britain in both war and peace.It reveals:- the story behind the German attempts to recruit the Duke as a British Petain in the summer of 1940.- the efforts, by Churchill in particular, to prevent post-war publication of the captured German documents which detailed the Dukes Nazi intrigues.- the reasons why the Duke, as Governor of the Bahamas, tried to shut down the investigation into the 1943 murder of his close friend Harry Oakes.- the full extent of the feud with the British Royal Family, based on his betrayals going back to his dishonesty about his true financial position at the time of the Abdication.- that far from a love story, Wallis felt trapped in a marriage she had never wanted with a pathetic and suffocating husband, one of the reasons she took several lovers, including the gay playboy Jimmy Donahue.Traitor King tells the story of a royal exiled with his wife, turning his back on duty, his family and using his position for financial gain Author Biography Andrew Lownie was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was Dunster History Prizeman and President of the Union, before taking his Masters and doctorate at Edinburgh University. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and former visiting fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, he has run his own literary agency since 1988. A trustee of the Campaign for Freedom of Information and President of The Biographers Club, he has written for the Times, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, Spectator and Guardian and formerly served in the Royal Naval Reserve. Review Praise for The Mountbattens:Impressively well-researched... a fresh and dispassionate look - Daily Mail, biography of the yearDares to go where no other Mountbatten biography has gone before - The LadyA complex story, beautifully written - which never felt less like a history lesson, but I learned so much - Anne Sebba Promotional The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens Long Description The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens . Traitor King , by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the abdication of Edward VIII when the former king was kept in exile, feuding with his family over status for his wife, Wallis Simpson, and denied any real job. Drawing on extensive research into hitherto unused archives and Freedom of Information requests, it makes the case that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were not the naive dupes of the Germans but actively intrigued against Britain in both war and peace. It reveals:- the story behind the German attempts to recruit the Duke as a British Petain in the summer of 1940. - the efforts, by Churchill in particular, to prevent post-war publication of the captured German documents which detailed the Dukes Nazi intrigues. - the reasons why the Duke, as Governor of the Bahamas, tried to shut down the investigation into the 1943 murder of his close friend Harry Oakes. - the full extent of the feud with the British Royal Family, based on his betrayals going back to his dishonesty about his true financial position at the time of the Abdication. - that far from a love story, Wallis felt trapped in a marriage she had never wanted with a pathetic and suffocating husband, one of the reasons she took several lovers, including the gay playboy Jimmy Donahue. Traitor King tells the story of a royal exiled with his wife, turning his back on duty, his family and using his position for financial gain Review Text Praise for The Mountbattens : Impressively well-researched... a fresh and dispassionate look - Daily Mail, biography of the yearDares to go where no other Mountbatten biography has gone before - The Lady A complex story, beautifully written - which never felt less like a history lesson, but I learned so much - Anne Sebba Details ISBN1788704819 Year 2021 ISBN-10 1788704819 ISBN-13 9781788704816 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2021-08-19 UK Release Date 2021-08-19 Author Andrew Lownie Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd Imprint BLINK Publishing Place of Publication Chichester Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-08-19 Pages 416 Subtitle The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor: AS FEATURED ON CHANNEL 4 TV DOCUMENTARY DEWEY 941.084092 Audience General NZ Release Date 2021-08-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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