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A review by juwench
17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History by Andrew Morton
3.0
There is no doubt that this book is well researched, however as Morton intimates in the preface, he seems to owe more to previous authors and his research team than to his own library hours. so his primary task was writing? A pity. While not always egregious, you would hope that a writer knows that a relationship cannot be both paternal and avuncular (certainly not in the same clause of one sentence). Or that 'obfuscation' is a word, but (I'm fairly certain) "obscurification" is not.
Wording problems aside, my other problem with the writing here is the failure to fully paint the world of pre-war Europe, into which Edward VIII/the Duke of Windsor inserted comments that may be interpreted as everything from childishly naive to deliberately pro-Nazi. I doubt that would solve the question of what he really knew/intended - that will always be supposition - but helping readers understand the backdrop and complicated political strings of a time period is important in writing on history. Without adequate context, meaning (even best guesses at potentially intended meaning) is lost.
Wording problems aside, my other problem with the writing here is the failure to fully paint the world of pre-war Europe, into which Edward VIII/the Duke of Windsor inserted comments that may be interpreted as everything from childishly naive to deliberately pro-Nazi. I doubt that would solve the question of what he really knew/intended - that will always be supposition - but helping readers understand the backdrop and complicated political strings of a time period is important in writing on history. Without adequate context, meaning (even best guesses at potentially intended meaning) is lost.