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Written in 1951, this is the autobiography of the late Duke of Windsor - great grandson of Queen Victoria, grandson of Edward VII, son of George V, and cousin of the German Emperor and the Czar of Russia. The book tells the story of the future king's early youth at Sandringham, his years at Naval School on the Isle of Wight, at Magdalen College, Oxford, in the army in World War I, and his tours of Canada, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Eventually he becomes king, on the death of his father. He defies the wishes of Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, when he insists on marrying Wallis Simpson, the future Duchess of Windsor. The book features his abdication, and his marriage.… (més)
Edward VIII is one of the Princes of Wales in the present Windsor Dynasty of England. He was just like any other man who was born at the close of the 19th century. He was Queen Victoria's great grandson who suceeded the throne in 1936 against his wishes, because he wanted to marry the american divorcee, Wallis Warfield Simpson which his mother, Queen Mary, has always abhored. According to Queen Mary, a suitable wife should be chosen because he will be a king someday. Edward deemed that it was only Wallis who listened and got interested with him and his work. His father King George V has prophesied that Edward will not stay on the throne for more than a year. True to the king's word, Edward was only barely 365 days as king and did not stay long enough for his coronation. He decided to abdicate and marry Wallis Simpson and changed the course of british monarchy history, since. This book is a must read for those wanting to know the king's early life and royal family more intimately as well as the early Windsors. It starts at his joyful birth and ends with him crossing the english channel on his way to France, on the night of his abdication from the throne.
An interesting and very readable story, Edward VIII's memoirs tell the story, of an heir to the throne. Edward was raised to be the King of England and he tells his story from his birth until his abdication of the throne. He loved his country and wanted to do what was right for his country as the King, but if forced to, he would give it all up to be married to the woman he loved. These memoirs paint a wonderful picture of the workings of the British Constitutional Monarchy and its dealings with Parliament, as well as what it is like to grow up as the heir to the throne. ( )
Lui certamente non era molto intelligente. I servizi segreti non gli avranno permesso di pubblicare niente di scottante. Il risultato è un libro noioso, non solo privo di qualsiasi spessore storico, ma privo anche di annedoti. ( )
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In Richmond Park there stands a fine, commodious Georgian house called White Lodge. Towards the end of the century this house was the home of my maternal grandparents, the Duke and Duchess of Teck. One summer's evening in 1894, a future King of England, the then Duke of York, was in the library reading, or attempting to read, Pilgrim's Progress, while waiting for his first child to be born. ... In the diary in which were confided the hopes and trials of a lifetime he wrote: "White Lodge, 23rd June - at 10.0 a sweet little boy was born and weighed 8lb ..."
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Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès.Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Though it has proved my fate to sacrifice my cherished British heritage along with all the years in its service. I to-day draw comfort from the knowledge that time has long since sanctified a true and faithful union.
Written in 1951, this is the autobiography of the late Duke of Windsor - great grandson of Queen Victoria, grandson of Edward VII, son of George V, and cousin of the German Emperor and the Czar of Russia. The book tells the story of the future king's early youth at Sandringham, his years at Naval School on the Isle of Wight, at Magdalen College, Oxford, in the army in World War I, and his tours of Canada, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Eventually he becomes king, on the death of his father. He defies the wishes of Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, when he insists on marrying Wallis Simpson, the future Duchess of Windsor. The book features his abdication, and his marriage.
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