BROUGH, JAMES

The Prince and The Lily

New York, Ballantine Books. 1979, Reprint. (ISBN: 0345284771) Pbk. Book, Spanning three continents and two eras, here is the story of the love affair between the playboy Prince of Wales, Edward VII, and Lilly Langtry, the greatest international beauty of her day. Together they set a new standard of splendor and sensuality for an entire era-the golden Edwardian Age.Their conjunction was virtually inevitable, and their affair, played out over three decades, set the very unbuttoned tone of London society, released by the Prince, the Lily, and the Marlborough House set from the long, bleak, mourning-clad winter of Victorian respectability.. and burned as bright as the Edwardian era it inaugurated. alive with all the pageantry and personalities of an extraordinarily splendid time and with a sweep and grandeur that suggest the inexorable play of historic forces on the individual destiny 372p.plates index;. Good.

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Book number: 042369

Catalogue: Royalty

Keywords: 0345284771 Biography Lilly Langtry Edward Vii Edward Vii - King of England Biographies - British

MOSLEY, DIANA [ JACK LE VIEN ED.]

The Duchess of Windsor

Toronto, Nelson Canada. 1981, First Thus. (ISBN: 0176015221) Pbk. Book, Sympathetic, somewhat laudatory biography described as "friendly, compassionate"and as a "loyal tribute" 422 p. illus.index. Crisp,unmarked copy. Fine.

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Book number: 30338

Catalogue: Royalty

Keywords: 0176015221 Edward Viii Duke of Windsor Wallis Warfield Simpson Abdication Edward Viii King of England / Duke of Windsor

PARKER, JOHN

King of Fools

New York, St Martins Press. 1989, 1st US Ed.. (ISBN: 031202598X) Hardcover. Book, The Dark Truth Behind the Romantic Legend of Edward & Wallis "In this startling biography, a different Duke of Windsor comes to the fore. Not merely an elegant, melancholy aristocrat, he was a careless, self-centered man who stubbornly followed his own whims (or those of his dominating wife Wallis) even when this exposed himself, his family and his country to ridicule and danger " Foreword by Timothy Seely, supposed illegitimate son of the Duke of Windsor. 312p. illus bibliography.index. Fine/Near Fine - Price Clipped.

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Book number: 33410

Catalogue: Royalty

Keywords: 031202598x Edward Viii Duke of Windsor Wallis Warfield Simpson Abdication Edward Viii King of England / Duke of Windsor

SMITH, A. C. H.

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

London, Futura. 1978, First Pbk.Ed.. (ISBN: 0708813135) Pbk. Book, " In 1936 Edward VIII abdicated. For the sake of Wallis Simpson, he abadoned his throne before even his coronation. His sacrifice was the climax, though not, of course, the end of the 20th Century"s most poignant and most publicised love affair. This is the story of their love, a love affair which touched the hearts of millions, and shook the constitution of the United Kingdom to its foundations. " Front cover phtotgraph from the "Stunning Thames TV series starring Edward Fox and Cynthia Harris "191p. Good.

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Book number: 038150

Catalogue: Royalty

Keywords: 0708813135 Edward Viii Duke of Windsor Wallis Warfield Simpson Abdication Edward Viii King of England / Duke of Windsor