The 1.3 million-copy New York Times bestseller entirely revised and filled with riveting, recently declassified information First published in 1988, this spellbinding biography was the first to expose the secret life of Wallis Warfield Simpson, the woman who captured a king, Britain's Edward VIII. From the duchess's first marriage to a bisexual ...
It is 1966. An ace operative, code named Tiger, is called out of semiretirement by the CIA for a crucial mission. Tiger is Aline, countess of Romanones, an internationally prominent socialite who can charm people into saying more than they intend to. The successor to Aline's The Spy Wore Red.
Filled with delicious throne-side gossip, the fictional diary of Wallis Simpson's best friend chronicles the scandalous divorcee's campaign to land the catch of the century: the Prince of Wales.
In 1950, James Paul Donahue inherited a $15 million Woolworth's fortune and on the same day met the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. This book is the remarkable story of their extraordinary friendship. Jimmy Donahue was 35 when he met the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. He could fly a plane, speak several languages, play the piano, tell marvellous jokes. ...
Darren McGrady began working for the Royal Family as a pastry chef and quickly moved up the ranks to serve as Diana's personal chef until her death in 1997. Here, he presents many of the recipes he served the Royals, and Diana in particular. Filled with artifacts, personal notes, photographs and never-before-seen memorabilia, this is much more ...
A dazzling private kingdom can be found behind the doors of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's Paris home--a world of precious treasures, sumptuous furnishings, elegant clothes, and exquisite dinner parties. This is the first book to look at the fashion of the Windsors in their luxurious post-war life. 122 full-color, 74 black-and-white photos.
Amy Greenberg, a young American academic, is summoned to Ireland to claim the contents of her grandfather's safe deposit box. Her inheritance is the manuscript of a memoir by James Bond author Ian Fleming, containing information and accusations so confidential, so potentially explosive, that Amy soon discovers people on both sides of the Atlantic ...
Basic, step-by-step instructions for building a comb back Windsor chair using traditional methods. With simple hand tools and a lathe, even the amateur can produce a beautiful chair. Each step is illustrated and the patterns for the parts are given, along with measured drawings. Finally, various jigs and specialized tools like the steamer are ...
Aryeh Alexander is the son of a rabbi in Windsor, Ontario. He grows up in a highly sheltered Jewish world that revolves around the synagogue and his parents' unspoken memories of the Holocaust. When he is 16, Alexander makes a terrifying discovery about his parents' friend Hannalore and the infamous experiments carried out by Dr. Mengele at ...
Written in 1951, this is the autobiography of the late Duke of Windsor - great grandson of Queen Victoria, grandson of Edward VII, son of George V, and cousin of the German Emperor and the Czar of Russia. The book tells the story of the future king's early youth at Sandringham, his years at Naval School on the Isle of Wight, at Magdalen College, ...
Set in the Bahamas during the World War II governorship of the Duke of Windsor, A Conspiracy of Crowns is a true story of glamour, avarice, and murder. Its portrayal of the Duke of Windsor as a Nazi sympathizer--who would stop at nothing to hide it--is sure to make headlines. Black-and-white photographs.
With its turned legs, spindled back and angled, contoured seat, the Windsor chair has been a favourite for years. Now you can make your own with the help of this guide.
In July, 1940, Hitler's terrifying war machine is headed toward England. In its wake, he plans to enthrone puppet monarchs under Nazi control, and a beautiful nightclub singer and a SS man turned British sympathizer are the only two who stand in his way.
The author of the acclaimed "Jane and the Barque of Frailty" returns with an enthralling suspense novel centered around Queen Victorias troubled court--and a secret so dangerous it could topple thrones.
While the correspondence between the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson has been preserved and published, it had been thought that many of the Prince of Wales's letters to his earlier mistress, Mrs Freda Dudley Ward, had been destroyed by her some time before her death. But in November 1996, whilst holidaying abroad, Rupert Godfrey by chance came ...
This unified volume offers a pictorial study of the history and regional characteristics of the most pop ular furniture form of 18th century America. '
Most little girls dream of being princesses at one time or another. This is the story of a girl whose dream came true--though for her it turned out to be a nightmare. The ultimate insider's look at the House of Windsor--be warned, you will never look at the drawn curtains at Buckingham Palace with the same awe and sense of mystery again.
This intriguing biography delves into rumors pertaining to the romantic escapades and alleged sexual idiosyncrasies of the twice-divorced duchess Wallis Warfield Simpson.
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