The Last of the Duchess: The Strange and Sinister Story of the Final Years of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
by Caroline Blackwood
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Intriguing, suspenseful, and witty, this is the story of journalist and novelist Caroline Blackwood's search for the late Duchess of Windsor. It is also a provocative exploration of the often bizarre connection between heightened celebrity and approaching death--in Blackwood's words, "the fatal effects of myth." First serial to New York Times Magazine..
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- Canonical title
- The Last of the Duchess: The Strange and Sinister Story of the Final Years of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
- People/Characters
- Wallis Simpson; Maitre Suzanne Blum
- Important places
- Paris, France
- First words
- I first became aware of Mrs. Simpson, the future Duchess of Windsor, when I was a child living in Ulster.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)For Maitre Blum, that was all that mattered.
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- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 941.084 — History & geography History of Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1837- Period of Victoria and House of Windsor 1936-1945
- LCC
- DA581 .W5 .B59 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Modern, 1485- 20th century
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- Languages
- English, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
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- 2
