{"product_id":"9781399723947","title":"Once a King : The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII","description":"\u003cp\u003e''An astonishing account...' --- \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Mail \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'... an extraordinary new portrait of the former King, his recollections and feelings'. --- \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eTippett has made a remarkable archival discovery...the most consequential book to appear on Edward VIII since Ziegler's official biography thirty years ago'. \u003ci\u003e--- \u003c\/i\u003eTed Powell, author of \u003ci\u003eKing Edward VIII: An American Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e... an insightful blend of memoir and royal family history'. --- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'... an efficient and thorough recounting of the events as they unfolded in 1936... with striking transcripts of interviews conducted with Wallis'. --- \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is an extraordinary book which aims to shed new light on this often maligned figure who irreversibly changed the course of royal history'. --- \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA compelling read that breaks new ground'. \u003ci\u003e--- Irish Daily Mail \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A first-rate biographical study . . . This valuable book allows a tragic king to speak with frankness across the years'. --- \u003ci\u003eThe House Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe real story of Edward VIII - the King who abdicated the throne in 1936 - told in his own words, using an unpublished memoir and other never seen sources.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifteen years after having abdicated the throne to marry the woman he loved - Wallis Simpson - King Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, published his memoirs.  But whilst preparing the manuscript for his published and mostly ghostwritten book - which, unlike Prince Harry's autobiography \u003ci\u003eSpare\u003c\/i\u003e, largely avoided controversy - the Duke also produced a private manuscript for posterity. This was written in his own words and with an uninhibited frankness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII\u003c\/i\u003e reproduces this uncrowned King's previously unseen writing, including much that he could or would not write for publication in 1951. Jane Marguerite Tippett weaves together Edward's writing alongside newly uncovered interviews with the Duke and Duchess, diary entries from ghostwriter Charles Murphy and other sources. Together this forms an extraordinary new portrait of one of the most famous characters in modern royal history and his recollections and innermost feelings, particularly around the abdication of 1936.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45465055527133,"sku":"9781399723947","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781399723947.jpg?v=1720089928","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781399723947","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}