The Windsor Faction – A Novel - Hardcover

Taylor, D.j

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605984787 ISBN 13: 9781605984780

Publisher: Pegasus, 2017

Synopsis

If Wallis Simpson had not died on the operating table in December 1936, Edward VIII would not be King of England three years later. He would have abdicated for "the woman he loves," but now, the throne is his. If Henry Bannister's car had not careered off the Colombo back-roads in the summer before the war, Cynthia Kirkpatrick would never have found out about The Faction.

It is autumn 1939, and everything in history is just as it was. Except, that is, for the identity of the king in Buckingham Palace--and the existence of a secret organization operating at the highest levels of society and determined to derail the war effort against Nazi Germany. The Windsor Faction is an ingenious exercise in what-might-have-been that assembles a cast of real and imaginary characters in a horrifyingly plausible re-invention of history.

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Review:

D.J. Taylor, a celebrated novelist and biographer, asks us to imagine what might have happened if that famous (or infamous) two-time American divorcee and commoner had conveniently died of peritonitis, leaving the king, former playboy and bon vivant, to fall back on his own resources, bereft and heartbroken, his only companion his stern private secretary. How might history have played out?--Carolyn See

D. J. Taylor is of the finest of our 21st-century novelists.

The Windsor Faction combines a chillingly plausible plot with a wealth of well-drawn characters, including historical figures as well as fictional ones. As Taylor spins his story, he draws on history as well as his fertile imagination to captivate the reader. For fans of what-if fiction, British history and intelligent entertainment, The Windsor Faction scores a trifecta.

Praise for Derby Day

An intricately plotted and stylistically burnished crime caper. Tantalizing--mysterious almost to the end.

Book Description:

A taut and gripping thriller: King Edward VIII is on the throne and keen to broker peace at any cost - WWII could turn out very differently...

About this edition

• Publisher: Pegasus
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1605984787
• ISBN 13: 9781605984780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368