The Duchess: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Governess

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She manages to insinuate herself into parties the rich and famous attend, meeting Cecil Beaton who opens up doors for her to carry on with her aim. und springt dann immer wieder zu den Anfängen ihrer Liebesgeschichte, die mit seiner Abdankung endet. At eighteen, Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty and an envelope of money her late father pressed upon her.

Set against the gilded backdrop of the aristocratic social scene in pre-war London – a place of wealth, wild parties, dining on foie gras, and drinking Pol Roger champagne at the Ritz – Holden’s enthralling story weaves between the early Thirties and the funeral of Edward, Duke of Windsor, in 1972 to bring this history-changing chapter of British royal history to vivid life. It gives ( as the author says in her acknowledgements ) a very different view of the lady herself, I didn’t quite take to her as I previously had in films and documentaries etc, she comes across as more than determined to get what she wants, in social standing,all manner of wants and I guess love ( although even that is questionable towards the end ) and a person will quite happily dispose of people who are loyal to her ( inc her husband ) well at least until she has a taste of what she craves…. The sudden death of George V seems to make this inevitable; the Prince of Wales is now King Edward VIII. Brimming with the intrigue and sensuality of one of history’s most decadent courts, Duchess brings to vivid life the story of an unforgettable woman who determines her own destiny—outspoken, outrageous, but most of all true to herself. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The incomparable Danielle Steel breaks new ground as she takes us to nineteenth-century England, where a high-born young woman is forced out into the world--and begins a journey of survival, sensuality, and long-sought justice.By chance, on a ‘cultural’ visit into the city, she catches an unexpected glimpse of the Prince of Wales leaving St James’s Palace in a black limousine and is struck by the look of absolute ‘misery on the face of the idol of the Empire.

The scenes involving the portly Prince of Wales, sometime consort of the duke's own fearsome mother, are a comic delight: notoriously touchy about his weight, at one picnic he wobbles dangerously on his bicycle, with none of the assembled party allowed to smile. Misfortune followed them to their lives,Dying from a miserable death, one of them was given a second chance to live.This was an overall enjoyable read, and probably more so if you knew nothing about Wallis Simpson and David, Prince of Wales. Edward, known as David to his family and friends, meets Wallis at a house party and the two quickly find common ground.

All in all it was a love story about two rather selfish, immature people who had very little loyalty to anyone or anything other than themselves.Maar de auteur zou nog een vierde kunnen schrijven over Meghan Markle, haar verhaal is gelijkaardig aan dat van Wallis Simpson. The first book of this fascinating series, The Governess, fictionalised the long-buried story of Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford, childhood governess to the Queen, and the third, The Princess, will feature the lesser-known early years of Diana, Princess of Wales. The story of Edward and the love of is life Mrs Simpson from the day they met until the day they die. She is now Duchess Frielle Marcia Madrigal Fortess, the thirds’ most powerful lady in the kingdom of Sagareste.

Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with nearly a billion copies of her novels sold. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. But here, Holden paints an intriguing portrait of the spirited, stylish woman who has been blamed for the abdication of King Edward VIII… and, daringly, imagines Wallis as an unwitting victim of a man who never wanted to be king and deliberately used their affair as an escape route from his royal destiny. Cora's every utterance is followed by an authorial comment restating what her words alone should be enough to convey.With more than three million copies of her books in print, she has been published in nineteen countries around the world. If each is a bit too good to be true, that is a hazard of the first person and is easy to overlook with two such interesting and able characters.