Cadbury, Deborah
Princes at war : the bitter battle inside Britain's royal family in the darkest days of WWII / Deborah Cadbury. - First edition. - New York Public Affairs 2015 - xiv, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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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9781610394031 1610394038 9781610394031 9781610394031
2014957933
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
World War--History.--Great Britain--1939-1945
Abdication.
Princes.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers
Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952.
Great Britain.
941.084 Cad 15
Princes at war : the bitter battle inside Britain's royal family in the darkest days of WWII / Deborah Cadbury. - First edition. - New York Public Affairs 2015 - xiv, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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.
102268
9781610394031 1610394038 9781610394031 9781610394031
2014957933
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
World War--History.--Great Britain--1939-1945
Abdication.
Princes.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers
Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952.
Great Britain.
941.084 Cad 15