The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor - Hardcover

Wilson, A. N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393036073 ISBN 13: 9780393036077

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1993

Synopsis

Details the series of separations, divorces, and sex scandals that has threatened the popularity of the Windsor dynasty and undermined the influence of the British monarchy itself

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From the Inside Flap:

ose who seek coherence beyond the weekly wrap-up offered by PEOPLE magazine comes a book that ponders the deeper effects of this slow decline of the world's last great monarchy....An interesting overview of what has happened to royalty."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Divorce and separation. Steamy telephone tapes. Brewing custody battles. Embarrassing photographs. Is the House of Windsor self-destructing? The brilliant writer A.N. Wilson, whose biographies include C.S. Lewis and Toltoy, sets out to answer this vexing and fascinating question in his spectacular new book. An observer and writer of great style and an Englishman of particular opinions, Wilson is uniquely placed to rail about the royal follies even as he defends the monarchy's usefulness. He asserts that the Windsors have actually gained in political power under Elizabeth II, and puts all the naughty goings-on in a historical context. A riches-to-ruin saga as bizarre as any novel, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR is by far the

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0393036073
• ISBN 13: 9780393036077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1