Erin Frances Schulz
Auteur de The King and Mrs. Simpson: The True Story of the Commoner Who Captured the Heart of a King
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Author, "The King and Mrs. Simpson"
Œuvres de Erin Frances Schulz
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Schulz, Erin Frances
- Date de naissance
- 1975-08-28
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA - Études
- Fordham University
American University - Professions
- writer
- Organisations
- The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Society
United Nations Association of New York
Classic Yacht Association - Prix et distinctions
- Phil Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society - Courte biographie
- Erin Frances Schulz is an American writer who was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1975. She holds a BA in history from Fordham University and an MA in international affairs from the School of International Service at American University. She lives in New York with her husband.
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 49
- Popularité
- #320,875
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 28
- ISBN
- 3
From today’s perspective, when a politician can pose naked on the cover of a magazine and then be elected to the Senate, it is difficult to see what all the fuss was about. But Britain in 1936 was a different place, and abdication was unthinkable. The Monarch as Head of State was still a revered person, who knew the rules of the game and the limits of his power, and whose foibles were well hidden from the public.
Erin Schulz summarises the story well in the two pages of the Prologue, but it is a shame that she does not then go on to explain the full picture in more detail. The perspective is that of a romantic affair between an innocent American and a King who gave everything up for love. There was much more to it than that. Among the missing elements are the constitutional crisis that the affair caused, and the adverse public reaction to it; the effect of the abdication on the public perception of the monarchy, and the flavour of British politics in the years in the run up to the War. Along with many of his subjects, the King was not hostile to Germany, and Mrs Simpson shared his views. After the abdication they both visited Hitler, in what now would no doubt be seen as “palling around with terrorists”.
Also missing from the book is an account of the years following the abdication; the exile to the Bahamas, and the aimless years spent in France after the War.
In an end note, the author explains that her book is meant to be “a snapshot of the past and a way to read history without the burden of a lengthy text”. But the book is much too short and does not do justice to the subject.… (plus d'informations)