"Wallis And Edward Letters 1931-1937: The Intimate Correspondence Of The Duke And Duchess Of Windsor" 1986 BLOGH, Michael

BLOGH, Michael [367] pp. Summit Books 1986 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" "The story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor is legend, but here it is told through a remarkable collection of intimate letters that have been totally unknown to the public." It was the most scandalous love affair of the century -- that of Edward VIII and American divorcee Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom he gave up his throne. By now the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor is of course legend. But here it is told as never before -- through a remarkable collection of intimate letters that have been totally unknown to the public until now. At the heart of this volume are the extraordinary letters exchanged by the lovers themselves, from their improbable first meeting in 1931 -- Wallis socially obscure, Edward then Prince of Wales -- till the moment they married at the Chateau de Candé in 1937. Perhaps the most romantic documents of our time, they chart the course of Edward's overwhelming passion for Wallis, dramatically