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“I live with bread like you, feel want / Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, / How can you say to me, I am a king?”

The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman

February 16, 2024 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I picked this up based off reading the introduction for the sequel and seeing how much Larman dislikes Edward VIII (whom I will be referring to as David — Larman makes the choice to use Edward in his book, which is fair enough, but his whole family called him David and I prefer to link the name Edward to my much preferred favorite, Edward VII). I figured I should start with the first volume and see what led him to such vituperative language in the […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, 1930s, abdication, Alexander Larman, British history, edward viii

GentleRain's CBR16 Review No:33 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, 1930s, abdication, Alexander Larman, British history, edward viii ·
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One Good Book About Edward VIII and One Bad Book

The Woman Before Wallis by Andrew Rose

Traitor King by Andrew Lownie

March 22, 2023 by GentleRain 1 Comment

These two books contrast very well in terms of how to do historical research and writing well versus how to do it lazily and sloppily. Andrew Lownie’s Traitor King is a great example of deep, serious research combined with strong, clear writing. Lownie makes an extremely well-sourced case for the argument that Edward VIII (David) had strong connections to the Nazis, as did Wallis, and that both of them were fully traitors to the British nation. I have never been a fan of David at […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: abdication, Andrew Lownie, Andrew Rose, edward viii, murder, WWI, WWIII

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:22 · Genres: History · Tags: abdication, Andrew Lownie, Andrew Rose, edward viii, murder, WWI, WWIII ·
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