Wallis
By: by Rebecca Dean
Edition: [Large print edition].
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780750537384
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: Wallis exists on charity, unlike her aristocratic friend, Pamela Holtby, whose family are on intimate terms with the British Royals. Both girls daydream of the handsome Prince Edward, future King of England. Wallis's first love affair is blighted by a terrible betrayal and she learns the hard way that happiness is fleeting. Returning to America she meets her second husband, not realising that her new name - Mrs Wallis Simpson - will one day take on a shocking significance. Meanwhile, Prince Edward is fulfilling his royal duties, but the scene is about to be set for the most earth-shattering meeting in the history of the British family ...
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London : Harper, 2012.