Edward VIII (Penguin Monarchs)
The Uncrowned King
$17.72
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2018
Summary
The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series - short, fresh, expert accounts of England’s rulers - now in paperback.
‘After my death’, George V said of his eldest son and heir, ‘the boy will ruin himself in 12 months’. From the death of his father in 1936 to the constitutional crisis provoked by his proposal to the then-married American socialite Wallis Simpson and his subsequent abdication, Edward VIII reigned for less than a year. In choosing the woman he loved over his royal birthright, E…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141987354 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141987359 |
| Author: | Piers Brendon |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 98g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 111mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Penguin Monarchs |
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About The Author
Piers Brendon
Piers Brendon is the author of over a dozen books, among them The Dark Valley- A Panorama of the 1930s and The Decline and Fall of the British Empire. Formerly Keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre, he is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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