17 Carnations
The Windsors, The Nazis and The Cover-Up
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Narrated by:
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Cameron Stewart
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By:
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Andrew Morton
About this listen
The story of the love affair between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII, and his abdication in order to marry the divorcée, has provoked fascination and discussion for decades. However, the full story of the couple's links with the German aristocracy and Hitler has until now remained untold.
Meticulously researched, 17 Carnations chronicles this entanglement, starting with Hitler's early attempts to matchmake between Edward and a German noblewoman. While the German foreign minister sent Simpson 17 carnations daily, each one representing a night they had spent together, she and the Duke of Windsor corresponded regularly with the German elite.
Known to be pro-German sympathizers, the couple became embroiled in a conspiracy to install Edward as a puppet king after the Allies were defeated. After the war, the Duke's letters were hidden in a German castle that had fallen to American soldiers. They were then suppressed for years, as the British establishment attempted to cover up this connection between the House of Windsor and Hitler.
Drawing on FBI documents, material from the German and British Royal Archives, and the personal correspondence of Churchill, Truman, Eisenhower and the Windsors themselves, 17 Carnations reveals the whole fascinating story, throwing sharp new light on a dark chapter of history.
Andrew Morton is one of the world's best-known biographers and a leading authority on modern celebrity as well as royalty. His groundbreaking 1992 biography revealed the secret world of Diana, Princess of Wales. Written with her full, though then secret, cooperation, the book changed the way the world looked at the British royal family. Since Diana: Her True Story, he has gone on to write number-one Sunday Times and New York Times best sellers on Monica Lewinsky, Madonna, David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie and, most recently, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in William and Catherine: Their Lives, Their Wedding. The winner of numerous awards, he divides his time between London, Hollywood and Manhattan.
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- Anonymon
- 12-07-2022
Wow
Really interesting to read. A lot of history, which takes some concentration. An eye opener for me even though I knew some previously. Providentially the ‘king’ fell in love with Wallis.
What a weakling he was.
Thank the Lord for George VI.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-07-2022
one of the best
This was an excellent book. Very informative . Knew a lot of this about the history of that time. Gave more information that put things into place. well researched and narratored. Make you look at what is going on today with the modern royals.
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- The Quiet Reader
- 26-06-2018
One of the best books I've listened to
Right from the start this book painted the times and the characters with clarity that I felt I was living in those days. The book was not judgemental but gave the listener/reader enough of the events that I could form a judgement. The stories followed a neat chronology and did not stray into side issues or be maligned in unsupported gossip. The author's research is impeccable. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute listening to this book of events dramatic in their day.
Cameron Stewart is in my opinion one of the finest of Narrators. He reads so well, as if you are in conversation with him, albeit one way of course. I'm always on the lookout now for books he narrates.
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- Jeanette NORMAN
- 29-03-2016
Hard to assess given my ignorance of the times.
Not at all sure how ro rate this book as I am extremely unfamilar with the story of Wallace Simpson and the Abdication of Edward. I found the total hatred of him by his bother and the Queen mum astonishing which I guess says it all about my knowledge of the times. But for sure fool he (Edward) was. The extent to which "The Firm" went to sanitise the evidence I am familar with as we all lived through the Diana story and the many indiscretions of the Royals over the years. What I found totally fasinating was how intermarried all the Royals of Europe and the Uk actually are. What a joke really - the efforts made to pretend different. Will certainly read more aboit this event for sure. So I guess it was okay.
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