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medium-paced
Lownie is a journalist and a historian who has written a very well-researched book that is at the same time a page-turner. For those who know the literature about the Windsor couple, there may not be much new in this book, but there are some facts that are little or not known at all. Above all, it is a great synthesis of everything that is known about the post-abdication life of Edward VIII, written without any deference or complaisance. The ugliness, selfishness, greed and intellectual vacuity of both members of the couple is glaring. Their total lack of political reliability as well. However, this is attributable to the crudely presented facts and not to a murderous instinct on the part of the author. Until now, most biographers of the Windsors spared him because he was a member of the royal family. For Lownie, on the contrary, the Duke of Windsor's royalty is an aggravating factor. He's absolutely right.