Princes at war : the bitter battle inside Britain's royal family in the darkest days of WWII /
British author Cadbury explores the many layers involved in the abdication crisis of 1936, which ceded the British crown to the seemingly least prepared of the four sons of George V, George VI, aka Bertie, who revealed himself in the subsequent crisis of war to be the most suitable and stalwart of a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Public Affairs,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | British author Cadbury explores the many layers involved in the abdication crisis of 1936, which ceded the British crown to the seemingly least prepared of the four sons of George V, George VI, aka Bertie, who revealed himself in the subsequent crisis of war to be the most suitable and stalwart of all. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-338) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781610394031 1610394038 |