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The crown in crisis : countdown to the abdication
- Title
- The crown in crisis : countdown to the abdication / Alexander Larman.
- Author
- Larman, Alexander, 1981-
- Publication
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- A definitive account of the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 draws on archival material and interviews with the king's closest friends to detail the role played by the king's opponents and supporters and the resulting scandal at a time when war was imminent.
- When King Edward VIII renounced his throne on December 10, 1936, the reason he gave was he could not fulfill his duties without the woman he loved by his side. Larman, informed by never-before-seen archival material, creates an hour-by-hour narrative that focuses on King Edward and Mrs. Simpson, but also looks closely at the roles played by those who stood against the king. He covers the assassination attempt on Edward's life and its consequences, and Edward's relationship with Nazi high command Ribbentrop. -- adapted from jacket
- Subject
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 > Abdication
- Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972
- 1910-1936
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
- Abdication
- Kings and rulers > Abdication
- Politics and government
- Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Abdication
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1910-1936
- Great Britain > History > Edward VIII, 1936
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2020.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Prologue -- The royal concubine -- 'The most modernistic man in England' -- God save the King -- 'Flatterers, sycophants and malice' -- 'Power without responsibility' -- 'The most serious crisis of my life' -- 'Something must be done' -- 'A clever means of escape' -- 'Make Britain great again' -- 'The best story since the Resurrection' -- 'This is a bugger' -- 'Wherever you go, I will follow you' -- Failing tragically -- 'Pity and terror' -- 'A far better thing I go to' -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2413
- ISBN
- 9781250274847
- 1250274842
- 9781250274854 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020071884
- OCLC
- 1228511317
- Author
- Larman, Alexander, 1981- author.
- Title
- The crown in crisis : countdown to the abdication / Alexander Larman.
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1910-1936
- Other Editions:
- Reproduction of (manifestation): Larman, Alexander, 1981- Crown in crisis. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020 9781474612579
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2413