The king who had to go : Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the hidden politics of the abdication crisis
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The king who had to go : Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the hidden politics of the abdication crisis
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- The king who had to go : Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the hidden politics of the abdication crisis
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- Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the hidden politics of the abdication crisis
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- Adrian Phillips
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The untold story of the backroom politics behind the handling of the abdication crisis of 1936. 'The King Who Had to Go' deals in the harsh realities of how the machinery of government responds when even the King steps out of line. It reveals the pitiless and insidious battles in Westminster and Whitehall that settled the fate of the King and Mrs Simpson. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin had to fight against ministers and civil servants who were determined to pressure the King into giving up Mrs Simpson and, when that failed, into abdicating
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- StDuBDS
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- 941'.084
- 941'.084
- 941.084
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- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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