
Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author ofΒ The Other Windsor Girl, delivers an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to spy on the Duchess of Windsor for her alleged Nazi sympathies and finds much more than she bargained for!
American Amelia Montague defied her family five years ago to marry the man she loved, but that decision cost her everything. Disowned by her family, and left a penniless widow after her husbandβs death, Amelia becomes her cousin Wallis Simpsonβs private secretary in France. With no other prospects available, Amelia has no choice but to succeed, and under their Aunt Bessieβs direction, hopes to have a positive influence on Wallis and the Duke of Windsor.
During the next two years, Amelia realizes that not everything with the Windsors is glittering happiness. Beneath the faΓ§ade of the besotted couple simmers Wallisβs rage at her stunted ambition, and the couple soon reveal themselves to be self-centered Nazi supporters who pursue their own interests at any cost.
When the Germans invade France, and the Windsors leave Amelia to escape the Gestapo on her own, Amelia finds herself in position to work for the most unlikely of employers: MI5 and the FBI. Convinced to work undercover, Amelia joins the Windsors in Nassau and soon realizes that Wallisβs treachery extends far deeper than the US and British government even knowsβ¦
Richly imaginative, Georgie Blalockβs novel stuns as it explores two women, opposites in every way, and the choices they make to survive both war and each other. . .
Β Β
Start Reading THE WINDSOR CONSPIRACY Now
Our Past Week of Fresh Picks
|