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Edward VIII: a biography of the Duke of Windsor

Lady Donaldson suggests that Edward VIII's abdication to marry Mrs Simpson was a wilful abandonment of the throne rather than a noble sacrifice. The eldest son of George V is portrayed as a tragic personality, the victim of his own flawed character.

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  • "Edward the eight"
  • "Edward 8"

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  • "EDWARD VIII was heralded as the definitive biography of the ex-King and awarded the prestigious Wolfson Prize when it was first published in 1974. Since then no book on the subject has come close to Frances Donaldson's in scholarship or detachment and this re-issue also features the extra material added to the text in 1986."
  • "Lady Donaldson suggests that Edward VIII's abdication to marry Mrs Simpson was a wilful abandonment of the throne rather than a noble sacrifice. The eldest son of George V is portrayed as a tragic personality, the victim of his own flawed character."@en
  • "Chronicles the life of the late, enigmatic Duke of Windsor, scrutinizing his unusual upbringing, his complex and flawed character, his precipitous abdication, and his twenty-five years of embittered exile."
  • "A definitive dramatic biography of the Duke of Windsor."@en

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  • "Biography"
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  • "History"
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  • "Edward VIII: a biography of the Duke of Windsor"@en
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  • "Edward VIII"

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