The people's king : the true story of the abdication

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Label

The people's king : the true story of the abdication

Title remainder

the true story of the abdication

Statement of responsibility

Susan Williams

Creator

• Williams, A. Susan

Subject

• Great Britain -- History -- Edward VIII, 1936
• Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
• Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972
• Biographies
• Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Abdication, 1936

Genre

• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

"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 advice of his loyal champion, Winston Churchill. We find out who fomented the crisis and why neither parliament nor the people were consulted. We discover, too, the continuing repercussions within the Royal Family of an event so momentous that it changed the face of the British monarchy."--Jacket

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 941.084/092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DA580

LC item number

.W55 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography