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17 Carnations: The Windsors, the Nazis and the Cover-Up by Morton, Andrew (2015) Hardcover by Morton, Andrew is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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The story of the love affair between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII, and his abdication in order to marry the divorcée, has provoked fascination and discussion for decades. However, the full story of the couple's links with the German aristocracy and Hitler has until now remained untold.Meticulously researched, *17 Carnations* chronicles this entanglement, starting with Hitler's early attempts to matchmake between Edward and a German noblewoman. While the German foreign minister sent Simpson seventeen carnations daily, each one representing a night they had spent together, she and the Duke of Windsor corresponded regularly with the German elite. Known to be pro-German sympathizers, the couple became embroiled in a conspiracy to install Edward as a puppet king after the Allies were defeated. After the war, the Duke's letters were hidden in a German castle that had fallen to American soldiers. They were then suppressed for years, as the British establishment attempted to cover up this connection between the House of Windsor and Hitler.Drawing on FBI documents, material from the German and British Royal Archives, and the personal correspondence of Churchill, Truman, Eisenhower an

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Author
Morton, Andrew
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books Limited
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9781782434573
Category
history
Subjects
History, Humanities
Rating
3.6 / 5 (1,639 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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