Before Wallis
Edward VIII's Other Women

The lady or the tiger? I'm old enough to remember the Duke of Windsor in life and I suspect I'm not alone in having always considered him a pathetic, almost ridiculous figure. He and his wife were semi-celebrities to American socialites with no hope of ever rubbing elbows with the REAL royals. The pi......more

This was a very detailed book! I learned a lot about royalty, not just the King and Queen family royalty. Very comprehensive book of Edwards many lovers as well as his lovers lovers. The reason I did not give this 5 stars is because it felt to me like it ended suddenly. I also would have liked to ha......more

Disappoint read about the 3 women in the life of Edward before he met Wallis. One was a young woman who served as a nurse during world war 1 and would have made an excellent queen while the other 2 women were both married. Sadly I felt we learned very little about any of them.......more

A well-written account of the lives of three women who were associated with Edward VIII, prior to his relationship to Wallis Simpson which led to his abdication in 1936. I read read a fair amount about the abdication and thought I knew a reasonable amount, but have to admit that I had barely registe......more

This was not an especially well-written book, but it was interesting in a number of ways. I was unaware of Rosemary, daughter of the Duke of Sutherland, who was Edward's first important love. They met during the Great War and she was unmarried and quite suitable, and he asked her to marry him and sh......more