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BLOCH**, MICHAEL: : THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR.**

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON LTD.,1996.

ISBN 0297835904.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price (originally £18.99).These are generrally believed to be export edns,released before the trade edn's distribution in the country of publication.Bright,crisp and clean,subject b/w photographic front+rear,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Bright, clean,publisher's original brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and coloured illustrated endpapers showing Simpson's letters.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-239pp [paginated] includes preface,12 chapters,an epilogue,profuse b/w,sepia and colour contemporary photographs+illustrations throughout the text and the book,a select bibliography,an index,photographic acknowledgements at rear; plus[unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and a contents list/table. Ever since EDWARD VIII gave up his throne in 1936 to marry her,the extraordinary career of Wallis,Duchess of Windsor,has never ceased to fascinate. How was it that the most eligible bachelor in the world fell in love with this unknown American woman,who was not generally considered beautiful? What was the nature of their relationship? Was she responsible for the Abdication? What was she really like? The fatherless poor relation of two distinguished American families,Wallis Warfield grew up to be tough and self-reliant. Her unhappy first marriage to a sadistic naval officer was followed by an adventurous period during which she had many love affairs and visited China.It was during her second marriage,to the sentimental London businessman Ernest Simpson,that she met the Prince of Wales, who three years later fell passionately in love with her,and three years after that renounced an empire to be united with her. During their complicated life in exile,often in the glare of hostile publicity,she worked hard to give him an existence suitable for an ex-King,and to make him feel his sacrifice had been worthwhile. The years after his death were sad ones,and the protectiveness of her French lawyer,Maitre Suzanne Blum,only served to heighten curiosity about the Duchess's strange life. Many questions remain unanswered.Why did her birth go unrecorded? What were the qualities which so infatuated the Prince of Wales? Why did she never have children? Michael Bloch,who spent ten years as Maitre Blum's assistant and edited the Windsor's private correspondence (see rja31088 and rja31098 - an author SIGNED copy.) in two best selling volumes,is the ideal person to provide this biographical reassessment.In it he dispels much of the mystery that has surrounded her,and paints a vivid portrait of a courageous, glamorous and unusual individual - perhaps in some ways not a woman at all. Please contact seller,because of the weight - nearly 1Kg unpackaged - for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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