Wallis in love : the untold true passion of the Duchess of Windsor / Andrew Morton.
Publication details: London : Michael O'Mara books, 2018.Edition: First editionDescription: 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781782437222
- 1782437223
- 9781782439318
- 1782439315
- Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972
- Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Marriage
- Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Marriage
- 1900-1999
- Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Women
- Marriage
- Marriages of royalty and nobility
- Nobility
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- HISTORY -- Women
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain
- HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain
- 941.084092 B 23
- DA581.W5 M66 2018b
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 941.084 MOR | Available | 067819 |
"First published in hardback in the United States of America in 2018 by Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group..." -- Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 347-379) and index.
"All is love" -- I married a sadist -- He was simply irresistible -- "The world's biggest tease" -- Wallis stole my man -- "This weird royal obsession" -- "Mission accomplished" -- A shortlist of one -- A bounder, a libertine, and a spy -- "Wally for queen!" -- "You God-damned fool" -- I want your baby -- "Only one woman exists for him" -- "A whole nation against one woman" -- "The only man I've ever loved" -- "Ice runs through their veins" -- "Wallis, Wallis, Wallis, Wallis."
Before she was the woman who enticed a king from his throne, Bessie Wallis Warfield was a prudish girl from Baltimore. Morton shows how she transformed from a hard-nosed gold-digger to charming chatelaine, taking us through Wallis's romantic adventures in Washington, China, and London.
