The American Duchess. Anna Pasternak

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Название The American Duchess
Автор произведения Anna Pasternak
Жанр Биографии и Мемуары
Серия
Издательство Биографии и Мемуары
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9780008297329



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       Copyright

      William Collins

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2019

      Copyright © Anna Pasternak 2019

      Cover image © Getty Images

      Family trees by Martin Brown

      Anna Pasternak asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780008297305

      Ebook Edition © March 2019 ISBN: 9780008297329

      Version: 2020-01-15

       Dedication

      To Wallis,

      Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Windsor

       Epigraph

      I who had sought no place in history would now be assured of one – an appalling one, carved out by blind prejudice

      The Duchess of Windsor

      The fault lay not in my stars but in my genes

      HRH The Duke of Windsor

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Family Trees

       Prologue: The Heart Has Its Reasons

       1. The Prince’s Girl

       4. God Bless WE

       5. Down with the American Harlot

       6. Oceans of Agony

       7. The Last Hour

       8. The Fury

       9. Untitled

       10. The Twilight Zone

       11. A Shadow King

       12. Son Altesse Royale

       13. My David

       Epilogue: The Cedar Walk

       Postscript

       Select Bibliography

       Acknowledgements and Note on Sources

       Notes

       Picture Section

       Index

       By the Same Author

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

       Family Trees

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