| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 370 pages) : illustrations |
|
text file rda |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Welcome; Dedication; Acknowledgments; 1 The Peter Pan Prince; 2 Adolf Hitler, Royal Matchmaker; 3 Sex, Drugs, and Royal Blackmail; 4 Seduced by von Ribbentrop's Dimple; 5 Courting the New King; 6 Edward on a Knife Edge; 7 Love in a Cold Climate; 8 Hitler's Good Queen Wallis; 9 The Game of Thrones; 10 Plot to Kidnap a King; 11 A Shady Royal in a Sunny Place; 12 Tropic of Rancour; 13 The Hunt for Pirate Gold; 14 Sovereigns, Secrets, and Spies; 15 Fight for the File; 16 Burying the "Hot Potato"; 17 Traitor King or Duped Duke?; Discover More Andrew Morton; Photos |
|
Also by Andrew MortonSource Notes; Select Bibliography; Table of Contents; Copyright |
| Summary |
A meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II. Andrew Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, his American wife, Wallis Simpson, the bizarre wartime Nazi plot to make him a puppet king after the invasion of Britain, and the attempted cover-up by Churchill, General Eisenhower, and King George VI of the duke's relations with Hitler. From the alleged affair between Simpson and the German foreign minister to the discovery of top secret correspondence about the man dubbed "the traitor king" and the Nazi high command, this is a saga of intrigue, betrayal, and deception suffused with a heady aroma of sex and suspicion. For the first time, Morton reveals the full story behind the cover-up of those damning letters and diagrams: the daring heist ordered by King George VI, the smooth duplicity of a Soviet spy as well as the bitter rows and recriminations among the British and American diplomats, politicians, and academics. Drawing on FBI documents, exclusive pictures, and material from the German, Russian, and British royal archives, as well as the personal correspondence of Churchill, Eisenhower, and the Windsors themselves, 17 CARNATIONS is a dazzling historical drama, full of adventure, intrigue, and startling revelations, written by a master of the genre. |
|
Examines the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's relationship with Germany and possible Nazi sympathies, a German plot to make him puppet king of a defeated England, and efforts by the British and American governments to conceal the evidence. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Political and social views.
|
|
Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986.
|
|
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Influence.
|
|
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
|
|
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. |
|
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972. |
| Chronological Term |
1933-1945 |
| Subject |
Kings and rulers. |
|
Political and social views. |
|
Politics and government. |
|
History. |
|
Military. |
|
Nonfiction. |
|
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
|
|
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945.
|
|
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
|
|
National socialism.
|
|
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
|
|
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.
|
|
Germany. |
|
Great Britain. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
|
Electronic books.
|
| Added Title |
Seventeen carnations |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Morton, Andrew, 1953- 17 carnations New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015 9781455527113 (NjBwBT)bl2015008418 (OCoLC)885207200 |
| ISBN |
9781455552023 : $84.00 |
|
145555202X : $84.00 |
|
More Resources