We have journeyed into this trashy series to fall of 1936, and the abdication of Edward VIII is coming fast and hard. The world now knows about Wallis, and everyone has an opinion about the love affair the world can’t stop discussing. From the people to the palace to the Parliament, we have a whole lot of influences in today’s tale.  Wallis is not rooting for David leaving his kingdom, but he is a man-child not to be deterred. The King is going to get his girl, even if he loses his crown.

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Alicia’s Receipts

Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson by Paul French (Amazon)

The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak (Amazon)

That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba (Amazon)

Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie (Amazon)

The Duchess of Windsor by Greg King (Amazon)

The Windsor Story by J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy (Amazon)

Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew Morton (Amazon)

King Edward VIII: A Biography by Philip Ziegler (Amazon)

Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII by Jane Marguerite Tippett (Amazon)

The Heart Has Its Reasons by Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (Amazon)

The Duchess of Windsor: Memoirs of a Friend by Diana Mosley (Amazon)

Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue by Christopher Wilson (Amazon)

The Prince, The Princess and the Perfect Murder by Andrew Rose (Amazon)

Before Wallis: Edward VIII’s Other Women by Rachel Trethewey (Amazon)