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A Story Of Love, Devotion To Duty And Betrayal, Of The Radical Young Edward Viii Who, But For The Plotting Of His Enemies, Might Have Reigned For His Lifetime. Through Letters And Diaries, The Author Demonstrates The Huge Popularity Of The King And The Tragic Events That Led To His Abdication. The People's King Tells The Story Of What Really Happened, Drawing On Government Documents Kept Secret For Nearly Seventy Years And On Other New Evidence, Including Thousands Of Letters Sent To Edward By His Subjects. It Recounts The Last Weeks Of His Reign In 1936, Beginning With His Decisive Tour Of The Welsh Valleys, When He Declared That 'something Must Be Done' For The Poor And Unemployed. His Love For Wallis Was A Closely Guarded Secret. But Within A Week It Would Dominate The Headlines Of Newspapers Around The World, Throwing Britain And Its Empire Into A Crisis That Shook Their Very Foundations. Susan Williams Reveals There Was Huge Popular Support For King Edward And That Many Ordinary People Were Happy For Him To Marry Wallis - Even Though Prime Minister Baldwin Claimed That Public Opinion Would Never Allow It. She Shows How The King Was Rushed Into Abdicating, Against The Good Advi

Author

A. Susan Williams

Publisher

Gardners Books

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141906409

Subjects

History, Biography, Historical Fiction