A review by abookishtype
The Windsor Faction by D.J. Taylor

2.0

Alternate histories hinge on one turning point, one moment when our history zigged and the other zagged. In D.J. Taylor’s The Windsor Faction, that moment came in 1936 when Wallis Simpson died rather than caused the abdication crisis. Edward VIII, in this history, stayed king through 1939 and on, rather than his brother, George VI. In our history, Edward was a German sympathizer. (In fact, if you look him up on Wikipedia, you’ll see a picture of him from 1937 with Hitler.) World War II was inevitable. You’d have to change more than Wallis Simpson’s fate to change that. The Windsor Faction revolves around an attempt by some men in the British government who are definitely not the heads of state trying to negotiate peace with Germany before anyone actually starts fighting...

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