The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor - Softcover

Wilson, A. N.

 
9780449909324: The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0449909328 ISBN 13: 9780449909324
Verlag: Fawcett Books, 1994

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An entertaining study of the mishaps, misadventures, and missteps of Britain's royal family examines the problems of the House of Windsor, including marital woes, separation and divorce, scandal, and more. Reprint.

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ose who seek coherence beyond the weekly wrap-up offered by PEOPLE magazine comes a book that ponders the deeper effects of this slow decline of the world's last great monarchy....An interesting overview of what has happened to royalty."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Divorce and separation. Steamy telephone tapes. Brewing custody battles. Embarrassing photographs. Is the House of Windsor self-destructing? The brilliant writer A.N. Wilson, whose biographies include C.S. Lewis and Toltoy, sets out to answer this vexing and fascinating question in his spectacular new book. An observer and writer of great style and an Englishman of particular opinions, Wilson is uniquely placed to rail about the royal follies even as he defends the monarchy's usefulness. He asserts that the Windsors have actually gained in political power under Elizabeth II, and puts all the naughty goings-on in a historical context. A riches-to-ruin saga as bizarre as any novel, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR is by far the

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Verlag
Fawcett Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0449909328
ISBN 13 
9780449909324
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