KINDLE [King Edward VIII]
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Download King Edward VIII · PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Summary ✓ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Ted Powell Read & Download King Edward VIII H America was not unreciprocated America was eually fascinated by the Prince especially his love life and he became an international media celebrity through newsreels radio and the press Indeed even in the decades after his abdication in 1936 Edward remained a celebrity in the US and a regular guest of Presidents and the elite of American socie Did not think I would learn anything new WRONG This book is meticulously researched Great insights into the man who was Edward and David and the conflict between the two men
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Download King Edward VIII · PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Summary ✓ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Ted Powell Read & Download King Edward VIII Before he fell in love with Wallis Simpson Edward VIII had fallen in love with America As a young Prince of Wales Edward witnessed the birth of the American century at the end of the First World War and captivated by the energy confidence and raw power of the USA as it strode onto the world stage he paid a number of subseuent visits surfing in An interesting take on Edward VIII and the Abdication arguing that his love for America and all things there of led inevitably to Wallis and the Abdication rather than the opposite There s not really anything new here just the angle The whole thing felt rather disjointed a collection of separate essays or articles rather than a cohesive biography We were giventold a fact in one chapter only for it to be repeated as if new in another His life after 1936 is covered rather perfunctoraly since this is all about cause rather than effect
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Download King Edward VIII · PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Summary ✓ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Ted Powell Read & Download King Edward VIII Hawaii; dancing with an American shop girl in Panama; and partying with the cream of New York society on Long Island Eventually of course he fell violently in love with Wallis a Southern belle and latter day Scarlett O'Hara Forceful irreverent and sassy she embodied everything that Edward admired about modern AmericaBut Edward's fascination wit One might suppose that everything that could be said about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor has already been said many times over but this account while not unearthing anything really new at least as far as I know about the topic offers an interesting and novel perspective on Edward VIII s character The author argues that Edward s fascination with American culture dating from his interactions with American soldiers during WWI enhanced by his American tours in the 1920s and including his admiration for American business advertising and social s contributed to his desire to modernize the British monarchy along democratic lines However he was increasingly frustrated by the British establishment s lack of interest in doing so The author speculates that this tension added to Edward s increasing tendency in the 1930s to separate his life into public and private personas ie the public Edward who filled the traditional role expected of a monarch and the private David the name used by his family and Wallis Simpson who spent weekends living life as wished The connection between the two finally broke down when he believed that he could marry Wallis Simpson AND keep his throne When that became impossible he choose to become the private David by abdicating Powell also demonstrates that the Windsors long retained their popularity in the United States because the American press always presented their story as a love story and never appreciated that in Britain it was a constitutional crisis with Edward perceived as shirking his duty and Wallis considered a gold digger