Research Catalog

Title

The Mountbattens : the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten / Andrew Lownie.

Author

Lownie, Andrew

Publication

New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.

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Details

Description

490 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "The intimate story of a unique marriage spanning the heights of British glamor and power that descends into infidelity, manipulation, and disaster through the heart of the twentieth century"--
• He was a major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name; he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India. She was once the richest woman in Britain, a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, but she emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker who was loved throughout the­ world. Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten were a powerful partnership. Lownie reveals the truth behind a carefully curated legend, and the rumors that Dickie was a man of high-level connections, film-star looks and ruthless self-promotion. He examines controversies such as the Dieppe Raid and Indian Partition, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru, and Mountbatten's assassination in 1979. -- adapted from jacket

Subject

• Mountbatten family
• Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979
• Mountbatten of Burma, Edwina Ashley Mountbatten, Countess, 1901-1960
• Nobility > Great Britain > Biography
• Nobility
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-478) and index.

Contents

Preface -- Prologue -- Beginnings -- Students -- First loves -- Duty -- Honeymoon -- A marriage under threat -- Divergent paths -- A terrible scandal -- Playing to win -- Problems in the family -- At war -- Combined operations -- The Dieppe raid -- Supremo -- Relief work -- Love and marriage -- A poisoned chalice -- A tryst with destiny -- Governor-General -- A deeper attachment -- Malta again -- Separate lives -- Sea lord -- After Edwina -- Retirement -- Fixer -- Ireland -- Rumours -- Legacy.

Call Number

JFE 21-8562

ISBN

• 9781643137919
• 1643137913

OCLC

1265405313

Author

Lownie, Andrew, author.

Title

The Mountbattens : the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten / Andrew Lownie.

Publisher

New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.

Edition

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-478) and index.

Other Editions:

Reproduction of (manifestation): Lownie, Andrew. Mountbattens. London : Blink, 2019 (DLC) 2019458219

Research Call Number

JFE 21-8562