The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided Larman Alexander
The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided Larman Alexander The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to war with Adolf…
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The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided Larman Alexander
The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to war with Adolf Hitler--and each other.At the beginning of 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. Meanwhile, as the now-Duke of Windsor awaited the decree that would allow him to marry his mistress Wallis Simpson, he took an increased interest in the expansionist plans of Adolf Hitler. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI, surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers and politicians who barely thought him up to the job.
And as double agents and Nazi spies thronged the corridors of Buckingham Palace, the only man the King could trust was his Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. He may even have gone so far as to betray his country in the process. But they faced a formidable, even