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

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He only added fuel to the burning fire by going to a business trip with the woman and leaving his wife behind and pregnant. Written along two timelines starting with the funeral in 1972 of Edward, or David as he is known by his family and friends, the king who abdicated so he could marry the love of his life Wallis Simpson, an American nobody who is also a double divorcee. Now she has never been around children but has to become the nanny to four children 4 1/2 years and younger. Forever seeking love, protection and safety, whether through a reliable, loving husband or through the cushion of wealth, this Wallis is naïve, impressionable, insecure and yet still sensitive to the suffering of others, constantly seeking refuge in furthering her prospects in a brittle and alien society about which she knows very little. To sum it up: if you are looking for a romance - this is not a book for you as the romance is not the focus of this book.

The profane phoenix’s dark, dreadful flames rippled in his soul’s depths, waiting for their chance to escape and burn the world into an abyss of hell. Wallis longs for parties, the theatre, and glamorous, interesting friends, but the British have social codes that can’t be cracked and an impenetrable class system, and to them, she is just a middle-aged foreigner without looks, money or connections. When an unexpected encounter leads to a house party with the Prince of Wales, Wallis's star begins to rise. The first half of the novel is also marred by cliché – Van Der Leyden finds it "hard to resist the foxy smell of [Cora's] hair and the downy smoothness of her cheeks"; and, during the duke's proposal, tears come to Cora's eyes "for the speed of her surrender, tears for all the other futures there might have been".The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Based on the themes and title of the poem, most sources put the date of composition after 12 September 1368 (when Blanche of Lancaster died) and before 1372, with many recent studies privileging a date as early as the end of 1368.

The story of Edward and the love of is life Mrs Simpson from the day they met until the day they die.

I only have basic knowledge of Consuelo Vanderbilt and was eager to learn more about one of America’s icons.

What will you do if you, as an heiress of a mafia organization in this modern world, suddenly jump into another dimension?If you are looking for a fast read - this is not a book for you as there are over 400 pages with countless characters and scenes that bring nothing to the overall story. So, as it happened, I shamelessly begged for a copy of this book because I couldn’t stand the thought of missing out on it.

From England to Paris and New York, cosy up with this fan-favourite from Danielle Steel, as she weaves an enchanting story of a woman of unquenchable spirit in The Duchess . We are told repeatedly of this extraordinary beauty and near genius like intelligence on a regular basis.When, to her shock and amazement, he refuses to give her up--or recognize that they are facing impossible odds--her fairy tale becomes a nightmare. And Goodwin tones down the meticulous cataloguing of her characters' wardrobes to focus on her plot, which becomes increasingly compelling.