| Portion of title |
King, his brother, and a family divided |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Prologue: "We all wondered why we weren't dead" -- "The other one" -- "Germany's no. 1 gentleman" -- "A vague sense of fear" -- "Humiliation is better than war" -- "Freedom is worth dying for" -- "Not only alive, but very much so" -- "The darkest day in English history" -- "Anything except the right thing" -- Operation Willi -- Team man or bloody buccaneer -- "The friend you used to be" -- "The hard sacrifice" -- "If we can't bloody well fight, we'd better pray" -- "False rumour and wild surmise" -- "These years of tragedy and glory" -- "Never a dull day in the Bahamas" -- Liberation -- "O captain! My captain!" -- Epilogue: The return of Mr. Road. |
| Abstract |
"The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to war with Adolf Hitler--and each other. At the beginning of 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI, surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers and politicians who barely thought him up to the job. Meanwhile, as the now-Duke of Windsor awaited the decree that would allow him to marry his mistress Wallis Simpson, he took an increased interest in the expansionist plans of Adolf Hitler. He may even have gone so far as to betray his country in the process. And as double agents and Nazi spies thronged the corridors of Buckingham Palace, the only man the King could trust was his Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. But they faced a formidable, even unbeatable, adversary: his own brother. The Windsors at War tells the never-before-told story of World War Two in Britain and America with a fresh focus on the royal family, their conflicted relationships, and the events that rocked the international press. How did this squabbling, dysfunctional family manage to put their differences aside and unite to help win the greatest conflict of their lifetimes? Alexander Larman, author of The Crown in Crisis, now chronicles the Windsor family at war with Germany--and each other"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-392) and index. |
| Other edition issued | Reproduction of (manifestation): Larman, Alexander, 1981- Windsors at war London : Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2023 9781474623933 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022052677 |
| ISBN | 9781250284587 |
| ISBN | 1250284589 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
