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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/740627030 Title: That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor Author: Anne Sebba Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012. ISBN/ISSN: 9781250002969 1250002966 OCLC:740627030

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That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

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That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Author:	Anne Sebba
Publisher:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st U.S. edView all editions and formats
Summary:	"One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the last century. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by a woman of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, which sheds light on the fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England."--Provided by publisher.
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Wallis Warfield Windsor, Duchess of; Edward Windsor, Duke of; Wallis Warfield Windsor, Duchess of; Edward Windsor, Duke of
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Anne Sebba Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781250002969 1250002966
OCLC Number:	740627030
Description:	xvi, 344 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25cm.
Contents:	Becoming Wallis : she has the Warfield look -- Understanding Wallis : I am naturally gay and flirtatious -- Wallis in wonderland : too good for a woman -- Wallis on the lookout : I can't go on wandering for the rest of my life -- Wallis on the sidelines : I suppose I'll have to take the fatal plunge one of these days -- Wallis in control : keeping up with 2 men is making me move all the time -- Wallis out of control : I have of course been under a most awful strain with Ernest and H.M. -- Wallis in the witness box : I've been pretty flattened out by the world in general -- Wallis on the run : concentrate on the legal side now -- Wallis in exile : mummy dear, isn't it nice to have a Royal Family again -- Wallis at war : and with all her charity, she had not a word to say for "That Woman" -- Wallis grits her teeth : "Les Anglais" are very strange people, I find -- Best-dressed Wallis : the Windsors' prestige is not what it used to be -- Wallis alone : all the wicked things she's done in her life.
Responsibility:	Anne Sebba.

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