| International Standard Book Number |
9780593497883
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
813/.6 TnLvILS
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| Personal Name |
Benjamin, Melanie, 1962- author.
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| Title Statement |
The Windsor affair : a novel / Melanie Benjamin.
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| Imprint |
New York : Delacorte Press, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
384 pages ; 22 cm
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The Windsor Affair recreates the cataclysmic events that nearly toppled the monarchy and incited the power struggle between Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Wallis Simpson. Told from the perspective of both women, the novel propels readers into the fabulous world of the debonair Prince of Wales, cafe society of the 1930s, and the glittering private lives of the Windsors. The first novel to be dedicated to this infamous rivalry, The Windsor Affair brings us all the gossip and intrigue between the two very different--yet perhaps more similar than they would admit--wives of royals. As Queen, Elizabeth would become the symbol of British pluck and courage during World War II and remain a British institution the rest of her long life. Wallis would be forever forced to enact the World's Greatest Love Story even after it sours, as she goes from being admired to vilified and, ultimately, pitied. Against the backdrop of the Abdication Crisis, World War II, coronations, funerals, births, and deaths, these two women maintain a biting, sharp-tongued feud--until age and the long arm of history bring about a kind of understanding. For the last communication between these bitter rivals was a simple, surprising message: 'In friendship, Elizabeth.'?--Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986 Fiction.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 900-2002 Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Friendship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Wives Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Royal family Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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