Abdication
Subtitle: a novel
By: Juliet Nicolson
Edition: Doubleday large print home library ed.
Publisher: Atria Books; Atria
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 596
ISBN-13: 9781620900062
Subjects: Fiction; Aristocracy (Social class); Social life and customs; Secrecy; Man-woman relationships; Social classes; Scandals; Large type books; Manners and customs
Description: In a tale set against a backdrop of pre-World War II turbulence in England and Edward VIII's scandalous affair, a fatherless chauffeur shares an undeclared love with a complex Oxford undergraduate, a housekeeper hides her Nazi sympathies and a woman struggles with escalating tensions in her friendship with Wallace Simpson.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.