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The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Hugo Vickers Hardcover
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “See Photos”
- Release Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 9780789202260
- Book Title
- Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
- Item Length
- 12.6in
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Royalty, Reference
- Item Width
- 10.2in
- Item Weight
- 65.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 239 Pages
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The story of King Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, who abdicated the English throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, the women I love, an American who was twice divorced, is perhaps the most romantic saga of the twentieth century. While the dramatic events involving this famous couple may be familiar, this fascinating book provides a fresh look at their lives through the extraordinary collection of private photographs recently discovered in the Windsor residence in Paris, many of which have never been published before. In 1986 Mohammed Al Fayed, who revitalized two venerable institutions, Harrods in London and the Ritz Hotel in Paris, purchased the Paris mansion that had been the last home of the Duke and Duchess; he also acquired the contents of the house. As the residence was being restored, a few photographs emerged from drawers and chests, together with old scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and other mementos of the couple's life together. But it was not until 1988 that the mahogany lid covering the bathtub in the Duke's bathroom was lifted to reveal the most exciting find - an additional hoard of some ten thousand photographs. The staff had hidden the pictures in the bathtub to keep them safe from acquisitive visitors during the Duchess's long illness, when many private papers were disappearing from the house. The photographs range from family snapshots to formal portraits by such well-known photographers as Cecil Beaton and Karsh of Ottawa. This remarkable cache of photographs, scrapbooks, and other objects from the house reveal the Windsors' very different backgrounds - the Duke as a royal prince, brought up to be heir to a worldwide empire, the Duchess growing up in anunremarkable family in Baltimore. The photographs show them as young adults, portray their romance, and reveal their thirty-five years of married life in exile following the Abdication.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Abbeville Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0789202263
ISBN-13
9780789202260
eBay Product ID (ePID)
435116
Product Key Features
Book Title
Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Royalty, Reference
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
239 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
12.6in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
10.2in
Item Weight
65.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Da580.V48 1996
Photographed by
Von Der Schulenburg, Fritz
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
97-146152
Dewey Decimal
941.084/092 B
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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