Andrew Lownie
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
He was a major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name; he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India. She was once the richest woman in Britain, a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, but she emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker who was loved throughout the world....
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 433 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the most notorious member of the Cambridge Spy Ring describes how the charming but ruthlessly manipulative member of the British Intelligence Service provided Western secrets to Soviet Russia during the Cold War.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The complex and contradictory lives of the Windsors following Edward's abdication of the British throne in 1936. Shut out by the royal family, the couple was forced into exile--but a glamorous one in which they flitted from sumptuously appointed mansions in the south of France to luxurious residences in Palm Beach. They were spoiled, selfish people, obsessed with their image, reveling in adulterous affairs, and financially exploiting their position...