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The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor
By Pasternak, Anna
- ISBN
- 9781501198441 9781501198465
- Publisher
- Atria
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Reviewed on April 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
Pasternak (Princess in Love) bluntly aims to rehabilitate Wallis Simpson (1896–1986), the much-excoriated American divorcée held responsible for the abdication of Edward VIII, a scandal that rocked the English monarchy and the world in the 1930s. The author makes no secret of her intent to write a revisionist biography. Using Simpson's own memoirs and previously unseen correspondence, diaries, and reminisce...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
