The Duchess of Windsor

Bloch, Michael

Weidenfeld & Nicolson（1996/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 208 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780297835905
• DDC分類 941.084092

Full Description

Wallis Warfield was the fatherless poor relation of two distinguished American families, who enjoyed life but learned to be tough and self-reliant in her youth, and went on to become one of the most celebrated women of the 20th century as Edward Windsor's mistress. This is her biography.

Contents

Part 1 1896-1928: early life; first marriage; travels in China. Part 2 1928-1933: second marriage and early meetings with the Prince. Part 3 1934-1936: the Prince falls in love with Wallis. Part 4 1936: still in love, the Prince becomes King. Part 5 1936: against her wishes, the King abdicates to marry her. Part 6 1936-1937: Wallis marries the new Duke of Windsor. Part 7 1937-1939: exile in France; quarrels with the Royal Family. Part 8 1939-1940: the Windsors at war - no reconciliation. Part 9 1940-1945: Governorship of the Bahamas. Part 10 1945-1956: Windsors write memoirs and settle in France. Part 11 1956-1972: last years of the Duke - a gilded exile. Part 12 1972-1986: Wallis's long illness and her death.