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17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis, and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
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For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II. Andrew Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, his American wife, Wallis Simpson, the bizarre wartime Nazi plot to make him a puppet king after the invasion of Britain, and the attempted cover-up by Churchill, General Eisenhower, and King George VI of the duke's relations with Hitler. From the alleged affair between Simpson and the German foreign minister to the discovery of top secret correspondence about the man dubbed "the traitor king" and the Nazi high command, this is a saga of intrigue, betrayal, and deception suffused with a heady aroma of sex and suspicion. For the first time, Morton reveals the full story behind the cover-up of those damning letters and diagrams: the daring heist ordered by King George VI, the smooth duplicity of a Soviet spy as well as the bitter rows and recriminations among the British and American diplomats, politicians, and academics. Drawing on FBI documents, exclusive pictures, and material from the German, Russian, and British royal archives, as well as the personal correspondence of Churchill, Eisenhower, and the Windsors themselves, 17 CARNATIONS is a dazzling historical drama, full of adventure, intrigue, and startling revelations, written by a master of the genre.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781455583973 |
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Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing |
Publication date: | 03/10/2015 |
Pages: | 384 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 The Peter Pan Prince 1
2 Adolf Hitler, Royal Matchmaker 17
3 Sex, Drugs, and Royal Blackmail 33
4 Seduced by von Ribbentrop's Dimple 51
5 Courting the New King 67
6 Edward on a Knife Edge 83
7 Love in a Cold Climate 102
8 Hitler's Good Queen Wallis 126
9 The Game of Thrones 148
10 Plot to Kidnap a King 172
11 A Shady Royal in a Sunny Place 196
12 Tropic of Rancour 218
13 The Hunt for Pirate Gold 235
14 Sovereigns, Secrets, and Spies 259
15 Fight for the File 275
16 Burying the "Hot Potato" 290
17 Traitor King or Duped Duke? 308
Source Notes 329
Select Bibliography 357
Index 363