A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name, Dickie Mountbatten's career included being Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War Two and the last Viceroy of India. <br>Once the richest w
The Mountbattens: The Lives and Loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten
β Scribed by Andrew Lownie
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The intimate story of a unique marriage spanning the heights of British glamour and power that descends into infidelity, manipulation, and disaster through the heart of the twentieth century.
DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name, he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India.
EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN: Once the richest woman in Britainβand a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairsβshe emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker who was loved throughout theΒ world.
From British high society to the South of France, from the battlefields of Burma to the Viceroy's House, The Mountbattens is a rich and filmic story of a powerful partnership, revealing the truth behind a carefully curated legend.
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509 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm