{"product_id":"the-duchess-of-windsor-charles-higham-9780471485230","title":"The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life","description":"\"Deeply researched, valuable.\"\u003cbr\u003e -The New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\"A shocker . . . stunning . . . absolutely hypnotic. . . . A world of beautiful houses, ceaseless travel, trendsetting fashion, and powerful figures. . . . Fascinating revelations.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Cosmopolitan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWallis, the Duchess of Windsor, was one of the most famous women in history, the American divorc e who captured the King of England, Edward VIII, and cost him his throne. Until Charles Higham's 1.3 million-copy bestseller, much of her life was a glamorous mystery. Now, fifteen years later, major new documentary evidence, classified at the time, makes for a book far more sensational than the original bestseller. Drawing from long-suppressed archives in France, England, and the United States, Higham has uncovered the duchess's passionate affair with a top-ranking political figure, the duke's romantic involvement with a male equerry, the secret radio broadcasts the couple made to Hitler, and the blackmail plot in Paris that almost brought them-and the British royal family-to ruin. This updated new edition of The Duchess of Windsor is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Higham's best. . . . Serious, deliciously fresh . . . documented by newly opened secret government files in the U.S. and England.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Smooth and entertaining.\"\u003cbr\u003e -The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent biography . . . alert to every nuance.\"\u003cbr\u003e -The London Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Higham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0471485233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780471485230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.36w x 1.44d","brand":"Charles Higham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980967739647,"sku":"9780471485230","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3627252-3ebe-4658-b50b-4f033623d352.jpg?v=1683252939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-duchess-of-windsor-charles-higham-9780471485230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}