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02438aam a22003737i 4500 001 B2E20BB6917D11ED92F77E3E29ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230111010047 008 221226s2022 nyuacf b 001 0ceng d 020 $a 1639363874 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781639363872 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)1356184608 040 $a YVO $b eng $c YVO $d JIU $d SILO 100 1 $a Lownie, Andrew. 245 10 $a Traitor king : $b the scandalous exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor / $c Andrew Lownie. 250 $a First Pegasus books paperback edition 264 1 $a New York : $b Pegasus Books, $c 2022. 300 $a 422 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, portraits (some color) ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-405) and index. 505 0 $a The year of three kings -- Waiting to wed -- The wedding -- Honeymoon -- The German tour -- Interlude -- Countdown to war -- Phoney war -- Escape -- Operation Willi -- Exiled -- Under surveillance -- Governor -- Murder in paradise -- Beyond the Bahamas -- The German documents -- A life without purpose -- The wandering Windsors -- Secret affairs -- Settling down -- The heart has it reasons -- Coming in from the cold -- The Duchess alone -- Relationships -- Traitor king. 520 $a The complex and contradictory lives of the Windsors following Edward's abdication of the British throne in 1936. Shut out by the royal family, the couple was forced into exile--but a glamorous one in which they flitted from sumptuously appointed mansions in the south of France to luxurious residences in Palm Beach. They were spoiled, selfish people, obsessed with their image, reveling in adulterous affairs, and financially exploiting their position in a glittering world riddled with treachery and betrayal. 600 10 $a Windsor, Edward, $c Duke of, $d 1894-1972. 600 10 $a Windsor, Wallis Warfield, $c Duchess of, $d 1896-1986. 650 0 $a Marriages of royalty and nobility $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century $v Biography. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Kings and rulers $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240703010443.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119021039.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230307010610.0 952 $l YMPD532 $d 20230302023242.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230111010507.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B2E20BB6917D11ED92F77E3E29ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search