Princes at war : the bitter battle inside Britain's royal family in the darkest days of WWII / Deborah Cadbury.
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TextPublisher: New York : Public Affairs, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781610394031
- 1610394038
- George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Abdication, 1936
- Windsor, House of -- History -- 20th century
- Princes -- Great Britain -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
- Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952
- 941.084Â 23
- DA587Â .C33 2015
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | Iola Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Iola Public Library | Adult Books | 941.084 Cadbury, Deborah (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Purchased with funds from the Stanley & June Toland Memorial. | 34311002495456 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-338) and index.
December 1936-September 1939. Circumstances without parallel ; A very full heart ; Enmity and fear -- September 1939-August 1940. In this grave hour ; Into the unknown ; The decisive struggle ; Treachery -- August 1940-December 1942. There will always be an England ; Ever widening conflict ; It's my brother -- January 1943-January 1952. Tested as never before in our history ; Something more than courage ; For valour.
British author Cadbury explores the many layers involved in the abdication crisis of 1936, which ceded the British crown to the seemingly least prepared of the four sons of George V, George VI, aka Bertie, who revealed himself in the subsequent crisis of war to be the most suitable and stalwart of all.
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