Edward VIII: The Uncrowned King by Piers Brendon

Edward VIII: The Uncrowned King

Penguin Monarchs

Piers Brendon

128 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
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Edward VIII came to the throne in January 1936, provoked a constitutional crisis by his determination to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and abdicated in December. He was never crowned king. In choosing the woman he loved over his roya...

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