The Duchess of Windsor (The Secret Life)

"Deeply researched, valuable."
–The New York Times Book Review

"A shocker . . . stunning . . . absolutely hypnotic. . . . Aworld of beautiful houses, ceaseless travel, trendsetting fashion,and powerful figures. . . . Fascinating revelations."
–Cosmopolitan

Wallis, the Duchess of Windsor, was one of the most famous womenin history, the American divorcée who captured the King ofEngland, Edward VIII, and cost him his throne. Until CharlesHigham’s 1.3 million-copy bestseller, much of her life was aglamorous mystery. Now, fifteen years later, major new documentaryevidence, classified at the time, makes for a book far moresensational than the original bestseller. Drawing fromlong-suppressed archives in France, England, and the United States,Higham has uncovered the duchess’s passionate affair with atop-ranking political figure, the duke’s romantic involvementwith a male equerry, the secret radio broadcasts the couple made toHitler, and the blackmail plot in Paris that almost broughtthem–and the British royal family–to ruin. This updatednew 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. andEngland."
–Kirkus Reviews

"Smooth and entertaining."
–The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

"An excellent biography . . . alert to every nuance."
–The London Sunday Telegraph

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