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Mrs Simpson: Secret Lives of the Duchess of Windsor (Paperback)

by Charles Higham (Author)
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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Pan; New edition edition (7 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330426788
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330426787
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 89,732 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #9 in  Books > History > Britain & Ireland > British Heads of State > Elizabeth II
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The romance of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor has been called the greatest love story of the twentieth century. However with the first edition of this biography in 1988, highly acclaimed author Charles Higham used explosive secret intelligence files to reveal a far darker side to their forty-year relationship. Now the author has re-visited and updated his international bestseller, resulting in a fascinating, and at times shocking exposé of Wallis Simpson. New and disturbing revelations have come to light, adding to the now classic story of an illegitimate child from Baltimore who rose to become the mistress of the king of England and brought about his abdication. Wallis gained control of the Monarch through sexual techniques learned in China, but risked losing everything through a reckless, long-term affair with William Bullitt, US Ambassador to France. Newly released FBI files demonstrate, as no other source has done, the extent of the Duchess’s espionage activities and how she conspired against Britain in the interest of Hitler. This is an intimate and extraordinary account of the woman who very nearly became the Queen of England.

'An enthralling and jaw-dropping read' Sunday Express

'An excellent account of life, love and Roger Vivier shoes' Tatler

'A rattling read' Mail on Sunday

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars mrs simpson, 25 Jun 2005
By ms p c brannen (N.E. england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mrs Simpson (Hardcover)
A really gripping read. The contents made me feel as all these events were happening right now.My original interest in the royal couple had been focused on thier 'romantic' courtship and marriage. With so much more information on this and thier subsequent lives building up to and during the second world war and afterwards, I feel now as though I know them very well. This however is not a good feeling! Two of the 'beautiful people' they may have been on the outside but on the inside they seemed to have been quite repellent.
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2.0 out of 5 stars oh he of the semi-colon!!, 30 Nov 2008
By Ms. Ce Hooper (south africa) - See all my reviews
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how sad!!!! the subject has to be one of the most richly complex; paradox-saturated and intriguing figures of recent history - guided under the pen of a master biographer, Mrs Simpson's life; her persona; her ultimate infamy might have been truly captured.......
normally I read with ease; this book had me champing at the bit - as I can only best describe how I felt throughout the read without blaspheming!!
the only way I was able to endure each lengthy page was by means of a self-asembled mantra, it goes like this; " Higham, oh ye of the semi-colon!! how would you have managed to write this without it?"
my review of this book is solely around the writer's apparent inability to write in reader-friendly English. His writing reminded me of the inevitable process of academic reading:'read; re-read; re-read a number of times...until finally it all makes sense!
what a relief it is for me to have had a Hugo Vickers as the next on my list of books to read...how refreshing; how stimulating; how interesting it is to be reading his account of Princess Andrew of Greece.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Hard work for little reward...., 19 Feb 2009
By M. Taylor (Doncaster, UK) - See all my reviews
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I wish I had read Ms Hooper's review before buying and reading this poorly written biog. Some interesting 'facts' but one's faith in the author's accuracy is diminished by the number of assertions about what characters "must have thought" at various times. Like many royal biographers, the author seems to be in awe of the institution of monarchy, if not of his subject. Sadly this seems to apply to Americans too, from whom we might have hoped for a more detached point of view. A(nother) missed opportunity.
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