![]() ![]() Ziegler has told Edward's story with consummate skill, tact and judgment. His many books include acclaimed biographies of William IV, Lady Diana Cooper, Lord Mountbatten and Harold Wilson, as well as the classic history of the Black Death. ![]() He was a diplomat before becoming an editorial director at the publishers William Collins. "A masterpiece." - The Times Literary Supplement (London) Philip Ziegler was born in 1929 and educated at Eton and Oxford. King Edward VIII: A Biography (9780394577302) by Ziegler, Philip. shrewdly judged, highly polished, and totally riveting book." - The New Yorker Find all books by Philip ZIEGLER and compare prices Find signed collectible books. ![]() "A book of such compelling interest and frankness that it is difficult to put down." - The New York Times King Edward VIII: The Official Biography by Ziegler, Philip and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at .uk. It is a story as compelling as the greatest English novels. ![]() Drawing on Edward's extremely frank and explicit diaries and his two thousand love letters (long assumed to have been destroyed), Ziegler shows us the man he truly was. In this superbly written biography, Philip Ziegler, author of the highly praised biographies Diana Cooper and Mountbatten paints a graceful, balanced, and utterly mesmerizing portrait of the life and times of Edward VIII. Then, a mere eleven months after becoming King, Edward VIII threw everything away to marry the woman he loved-Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. Handsome, elegant, quick-witted, charismatic, and an intimate friend of the most powerful and brilliant people of his day, he had everything youth and beauty could hope for-including fabulous wealth and claim to the English throne. He was the twentieth century's Prince Charming. ![]()
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