β Scribed by Sebba, Anne
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The first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson to be written by a woman, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the Twentieth Century, a character who played prominently in the blockbuster film The KingΠ²Πβ’s Speech.This is the story of the American divorcee notorious for allegedly seducing a British king off his throne.ΠΒ Π²ΠΡThat woman,Π²ΠΡ so called by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, was born Bessie Wallis Warfield in 1896 in Baltimore.ΠΒ Neither beautiful nor brilliant, she endured an impoverished childhood, which fostered in her a burning desire to rise above her circumstances.Acclaimed biographer Anne Sebba offers an eye-opening account of one of the most talked about women of her generation.ΠΒ It explores the obsessive nature of SimpsonΠ²Πβ’s relationship with Prince Edward, the suggestion that she may have had a Disorder of Sexual Development, and new evidence showing she may never have wanted to marry Edward at all. Since her death, Simpson has become a symbol of female empowerment as well as a style icon.ΠΒ But her psychology remains an enigma.ΠΒ Drawing from interviews and newly discovered letters, That Woman shines a light on this captivating and complex woman, an object of fascination that has only grown with the years.
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The first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson to be written by a woman, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the Twentieth Century, a character who played prominently in the blockbuster film The KingΠ²Πβ’s Speech.This is the story of the American divorcee notorious
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