The King Who Had To Go: Edward Vlll, Mrs Simpson and the Hidden Politics of the Abdication Crisis
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (991 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1785900250 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Adrian Phillips: Adrian Phillips worked as an investment analyst in London and Frankfurt r twenty-five years before taking a postgraduate Masters in modern history at Birmingham University, specialising on the policy machinery at 10, Downing Street during the 1930s.
About the AuthorAdrian Phillips: Adrian Phillips worked as an investment analyst in London and Frankfurt r twenty-five years before taking a postgraduate Masters in modern history at Birmingham University, specialising on the policy machinery at 10, Downing Street during the 1930s.
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.. The crisis led to the King's abdication in December of that year. 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
A detailed account of the abdication crisis in Great Britain during 1937 in which Edward VIII surrendered the crown C. M Mills The King who had to go was Edward VIII. A future Nazi sympathizer and playboy who ruled Great Britain and the British Empire for eleven turbulent months in 1936 before his abdication on December 11, 1936. Edward refused to give up his mistress the twice married Mrs. Wallis Simpson. She was a tough cookie from Baltimore who loved money, cocktails, gossip, couture clothing and high society. She was still married to Ernest Simpson but was involved in a passionate affair with Edward VII. The British Crown could not be held by a man wed to a commoner. In addition Mrs Simpson was a divorcee and an America hardly the stuff of . Tedious Tedious in detail about politics during the time of the abdication. So tedious and boring that I gave up on it less than half way through it.. Four Stars Renee Kessler Rather ponderous but very informative