{"product_id":"the-real-wallis-simpson-a-new-history-of-the-american-divorce-who-became-the-duchess-of-windsor-thorndike-press-large-print-biographies-memoirs-9781432865399","title":"The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorce Who Became the Duchess of Windsor (Thorndike Press Large Print Biographies \u0026 Memoirs)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWallis Simpson is known as the woman at the center of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century  but in this surprising new biography  bestselling author Anna Pasternak redeems a women wronged by history with new information revealed by those who were close to the couple--presenting Wallis as a convenient scapegoat to rid England of a king deemed unworthy to rule. The story that has been told repeatedly is this: The handsome  charismatic  and popular Prince Edward was expected to marry a well-bred virgin who would one day become Queen of England when he ascended the throne. But when the prince was 37 years old  he fell in love with a skinny  divorced American woman--Wallis Simpson. No one thought the affair would last  and when the prince did become king  everyone assumed the affair would end. But instead the new king announced he wanted to marry the American divorcee  and Wallis was accused of entrapping the prince in a seductive web in order to achieve her audacious ambition to be queen. After declaring that he could not rule without the woman he loved at his side  the king gave up his throne  and his family banished him and his new wife from England. The couple spent the rest of their days in exile  but happy in their devoted love for each other. Now  Anna Pasternaks The Real Wallis Simpson tells a different story: that Wallis was the victim of the abdication  not the villain. Warm  well-mannered  and witty  Wallis was flattered by Prince Edwards attention  but like everyone else  she never expected his infatuation to last. She never wanted to divorce her second husband or marry Edward. She never anticipated his jealous  possessive nature--and his absolute refusal to let her go. Edwards true dark nature  however  was no secret to the royal family  the church or the Parliament; everyone close to Edward knew that beyond his charming faade  he was immature  self-absorbed  and uneducated--utterly unfit to rule. Wallis begged Edward to stay on the throne and let her go  foreseeing the verdict history would pass on her. Caught in Edwards fierce obsession  she became the perfect scapegoat for those who wished to dethrone the king they feared to rule. On the night Wallis died  Princess Margaret told a friend  \"It wasnt her we hated  it was him.\" Rejecting the sinister schemer at the center of a dark royal fairytale  Anna Pasternak reveals Wallis Simpson as an intelligent woman  written off by cunning  powerful men and forced into a life she never wanted in a complex  riveting  and tragic true story of manipulation and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45794332803125,"sku":"ByrdShop_1432865390","price":65.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781432865399.jpg?v=1784829355","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-real-wallis-simpson-a-new-history-of-the-american-divorce-who-became-the-duchess-of-windsor-thorndike-press-large-print-biographies-memoirs-9781432865399","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}