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King Edward VIII : an American life / Ted Powell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198795322
  • 0198795327
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction: An American Love Affair -- 1. Edward VIII and the Birth of the American Century -- 2. The Prince and the Doughboys, 1918-1919 -- 3. A New World: Edward's Tour of North America, 1919 -- 4. Jazzin' Around: Panama, San Diego, and Hawaii, 1920 -- 5. The EP Ranch: A Fantasy of Escape -- 6. An Englishman in New York, 1924 -- 7. 'The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans': Edward and the American Media -- 8. Luckiest of Females: The Prince and American Women -- 9. David against Edward -- 10. Inner Emigration: The Americanization of a Prince -- 11. 'The Great Catastrophe': The Prince, the Depression, and the USA -- 120 Wallis -- 13. 'The Greatest Story since the Crucifixion': America and the Abdication -- 14. The Frog Prince: The Windsors in Exile, 1937-1945 -- Epilogue: A Fly in Amber, 1945-1972.
Summary: Before he fell in love with Wallis Simpson, Edward VIII had fallen in love with America. Edward's fascination with America was not unreciprocated. America was equally fascinated by the Prince, especially his love life, and he became an international media celebrity through newsreels, radio, and the press.
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Before he fell in love with Wallis Simpson, Edward VIII had fallen in love with America. As a young Prince of Wales, Edward witnessed the birth of the American century at the end of the First World War and, captivated by the energy, confidence, and raw power of the USA as it strode onto the world stage, he paid a number of subsequent visits: surfing in Hawaii; dancing with an American shop-girl in Panama; and partying with the cream of New York society on Long Island. Eventually, of course, he fell violently in love with Wallis, a Southern belle and latter-day Scarlett O'Hara. Forceful, irreverent, and sassy, she embodied everything that Edward admired about modern America. But Edward's fascination with America was not unreciprocated. America was equally fascinated by the Prince, especially his love life, and he became an international media celebrity through newsreels, radio, and the press. Indeed, even in the decades after his abdication in 1936, Edward remained a celebrity in the US and a regular guest of Presidents and the elite of American society.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index.

Introduction: An American Love Affair -- 1. Edward VIII and the Birth of the American Century -- 2. The Prince and the Doughboys, 1918-1919 -- 3. A New World: Edward's Tour of North America, 1919 -- 4. Jazzin' Around: Panama, San Diego, and Hawaii, 1920 -- 5. The EP Ranch: A Fantasy of Escape -- 6. An Englishman in New York, 1924 -- 7. 'The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans': Edward and the American Media -- 8. Luckiest of Females: The Prince and American Women -- 9. David against Edward -- 10. Inner Emigration: The Americanization of a Prince -- 11. 'The Great Catastrophe': The Prince, the Depression, and the USA -- 120 Wallis -- 13. 'The Greatest Story since the Crucifixion': America and the Abdication -- 14. The Frog Prince: The Windsors in Exile, 1937-1945 -- Epilogue: A Fly in Amber, 1945-1972.

Before he fell in love with Wallis Simpson, Edward VIII had fallen in love with America. Edward's fascination with America was not unreciprocated. America was equally fascinated by the Prince, especially his love life, and he became an international media celebrity through newsreels, radio, and the press.

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