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    Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women
    Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women
    Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women
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    Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women

    Written by Rachel Trethewey

    Narrated by Charlotte Strevens

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    Wallis Simpson stole the king's heart and rocked the monarchy - but she was not Edward VIII's first or only love. Before Wallis dominated his life, he adored three other women: Rosemary Leveson Gower, the girl he wanted to marry; Freda Dudley Ward, the Prince's long-term mistress; and Thelma Furness, his twice-married American lover. Each one of the three women in this book could have changed the course of history. In examining their lives and impact on the heir to the throne, Rachel Trethewey questions whether he ever really wanted to be king...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOakhill Publishing
    Release dateJun 1, 2019
    ISBN9781787714823
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    Rachel Trethewey

    RACHEL TRETHEWEY read History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where she won the Philip Geddes Prize for student journalism. During her journalistic career she wrote features for the Daily Mail and Daily Express, and subsequently reviewed history books for The Independent. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has previously written THE CHURCHILL GIRLS (2021) about Winston's daughters. She lives in Devon.

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