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The King Who Had To Go: Edward Vlll, Mrs Simpson and the Hidden Politics of the Abdication Crisis

By Adrian Phillips

Book information

Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Year
2017
ISBN
1785900250, 9781785900259
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1744593 bytes)
Pages
416\0
Time added
2017-05-17 00:42:53
Great Britain;Europe;Historical;Biographies & Memo

Description

In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was pursuing the divorce of her second. The crisis led to the King's abdication in December of that year. Adrian Phillips reveals the harsh realities of how government responds when a monarch steps out of line, and describes the battles in Westminster and Whitehall that settled the fate of King and Mrs. Simpson.Adrian Phillips worked as an investment analyst in London and Frankfurt for twenty-five years. He has a postgraduate Masters in modern history from Birmingham University.

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