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Chargement... The Duchess of Windsor (1996)par Michael Bloch
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. As the author says at the end (perhaps he should have said it at the beginning), this book was written to show events from the point of view of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. If the reader wants balance The Windsor Story by J. Bryan and Charles Murphy takes a much more astringent view. Otherwise, this is a decent brief read, keeping in mind the author's bias, and and lavishly illustrated: anyone truly interested in the Windsors will want the book for the photographs alone. ( ) There have been many biographies of the Duchess of Windsor, this in many ways, is just one more on the pile if somewhat on the sympathetic side. Granted, her story makes fascinating reading - she aspired to the powerful position of being a king's mistress only to lose that position when he married her and lost his kingdom in the process. This biography is highly readable and liberally sprinkled with many beautiful pictures of the jewelry particulary from Cartier, the Duke showered upon her before and after their marriage. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Michael Bloch's biography of the woman Edward VIII renounced kingship to marry drew on his previous publication of their intimate corespondence, and presented a picture of her which was often startlingly at variance with previous accounts.It brings vividly to life the qualities which captivated her royal suitor, and caused some surprise by speculating that much of the mystery of her life might be explained by an element of gender confusion. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)941.084History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1837- Period of Victoria and House of Windsor 1936-1945Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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