| International Standard Book Number |
9781250274847 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1250274842 (hardcover)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
941.084092 23
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| Personal Name |
Larman, Alexander, 1981- author.
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| Title Statement |
The crown in crisis : countdown to the abdication / Alexander Larman.
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| Edition Statement |
First U.S. edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Ã2020
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
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| Physical Description |
xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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| Content Type |
still image sti rdacontent
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Introduction -- Prologue -- The royal concubine -- 'The most modernistic man in England' -- God save the King -- 'flatterers, sycophants and malice' -- 'Power without responsibility' -- 'The most serious crisis of my life' -- 'Something must be done' -- 'A clever means of escape' -- 'Make Britain great again' -- 'The best story since the resurrection' -- 'This is a bugger' -- 'Wherever you go, I will follow you' -- Failing tragically -- 'Pity and terror' -- "A far better thing I go to' -- Epilogue.
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| Summary, Etc. |
A definitive account of the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 draws on archival material and interviews with the king's closest friends to detail the role played by the king's opponents and supporters and the resulting scandal at a time when war was imminent.
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| Summary, Etc. |
When King Edward VIII renounced his throne on December 10, 1936, the reason he gave was he could not fulfill his duties without the woman he loved by his side. Larman, informed by never-before-seen archival material, creates an hour-by-hour narrative that focuses on King Edward and Mrs. Simpson, but also looks closely at the roles played by those who stood against the king. He covers the assassination attempt on Edward's life and its consequences, and Edward's relationship with Nazi high command Ribbentrop. -- adapted from jacket
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972. fast (OCoLC)fst00000163
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 Abdication.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986. fast (OCoLC)fst00000164
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| Subject-Chronological Term |
1910-1936 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Politics and government. fast (OCoLC)fst01919741
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Abdication. fast (OCoLC)fst01198526
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Kings and rulers Abdication. fast (OCoLC)fst00987695
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Great Britain History Edward VIII, 1936.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Great Britain Kings and rulers Abdication.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Great Britain Politics and government 1910-1936.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Great Britain. fast (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies. fast (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies. lcgft
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Edition Entry |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Larman, Alexander, 1981- Crown in crisis London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020 9781474612579
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