Title: The people's king
First published: 2003
Description: In this candid and moving account Susan Williams tells the story of what really happened to King Edward, drawing on diaries, secret documents and thousands of letters sent to Edward by the public to re-create the tragic events that led to his abdication. She reveals a hugely popular, deeply loved monarch, one whose modern ideas and sympathy for the poor so unsettled the establishment that his devotion to Wallis Simpson provided the perfect excuse to force him off the throne.
Subjects: Kings and rulers, Abdication, 1936, Biography, History, Historiography, Nonfiction, Windsor, edward, duke of, 1894-1972, Great britain, kings and rulers, Great britain, history, 20th century
Places: Great Britain
People: Edward Windsor Duke of (1894-1972)
Time periods: Edward VIII, 1936