Buy this book on-line SEBBA,ANNE: : That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson Duchess of WindsorLONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2011. ISBN 9780297858966.
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One of Britain's most distinguished
biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the 20thC.Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by a woman of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor,which sheds light on the fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England.
'That woman',as she was referred to by the Queen Mother,became a hate figure for ensnaring a British king and destabilising the monarchy.Born in 1895 in Baltimore, Bessie Wallis Warfield endured an impoverished and comparatively obscure childhood which inflamed a burning desire to rise above her circumstances.Neither
beautiful nor brilliant,she nevertheless became one of the most talked-about women of her generation,and she inspired such deep love and adoration in Edward VIII that he gave up a throne and an empire for her. Wallis lived by her wit and her wits,while both her apparent and alleged moral transgressions added to her aura and
dazzle.Accused of Fascist synpathies,having Nazi lovers,and learning bizarre sexual techniques in China,she remains the subject of widespread gossip and fascination.In
death,the Duches became a style icon and a symbol of empowerment,a woman whose unequivocal aim was to win in the game of life.
Based on new archives and material only recently made available,this scrupulously researched biography sheds new light on the character and motivations of a powerful,
charismatic and complex woman,and asks: was this really the romantic love story of the century?
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