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The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided
St. Martin’s Press
April 2023
On Sale: April 18, 2023
432 pages
ISBN: 1250284589
EAN: 9781250284587
Kindle: B09Y46PN5Y
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Non-Fiction Biography
The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical
chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to war with
Adolf Hitler—and each other.
At the
beginning of 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of
turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the
throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie
to become George VI, surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers and
politicians who barely thought him up to the job. Meanwhile,
as the now-Duke of Windsor awaited the decree that would
allow him to marry his mistress Wallis Simpson, he took an
increased interest in the expansionist plans of Adolf
Hitler. He may even have gone so far as to betray his
country in the process. And as double agents and Nazi spies
thronged the corridors of Buckingham Palace, the only man
the King could trust was his Prime Minister, Winston
Churchill. But they faced a formidable, even unbeatable,
adversary: his own brother.
The Windsors at
War tells the never-before-told story of World War Two
in Britain and America with a fresh focus on the royal
family, their conflicted relationships, and the events that
rocked the international press. How did this squabbling,
dysfunctional family manage to put their differences aside
and unite to help win the greatest conflict of their
lifetimes? Alexander Larman, author of The Crown in
Crisis, now chronicles the Windsor family at war with
Germany—and each other.
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