The Resource That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, Anne Sebba
That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, Anne Sebba
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The item That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, Anne Sebba represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pike County Public Library.
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- 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, Duches of Windsor, which sheds light on the fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 344 p., [24] p. of plates
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781250002969
- Label
- That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
- Title
- That woman
- Title remainder
- the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne Sebba
- Title variation
- Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
- Subject
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- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers | Succession
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Royalty
- Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography
- truePersonality disorders
- trueWindsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Marriage
- trueWindsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- trueNobility -- Great Britain
- trueAmbition in women
- trueAmerican women in England
- trueBiographies
- Language
- eng
- 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, Duches of Windsor, which sheds light on the fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England."--Provided by publisher
- Summary
- A portrait of the divorcee maligned for her marriage to the abdicated Edward VIII discusses the impoverished early life that fueled her ambigions, theories about her alleged personality disorder, and her posthumous status as a female empowerment icon
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10078751
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sebba, Anne
- Dewey number
- 920
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Windsor, Wallis Warfield
- Windsor, Edward
- Nobility
- Marriages of royalty and nobility
- Great Britain
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
- Label
- That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, Anne Sebba
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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
- Control code
- 20235547
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 344 p., [24] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250002969
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)740627030
- (OCoLC)z1lcls b1512714
- Label
- That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, Anne Sebba
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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
- Control code
- 20235547
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 344 p., [24] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250002969
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)740627030
- (OCoLC)z1lcls b1512714
Subject
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers | Succession
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Royalty
- Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography
- truePersonality disorders
- trueWindsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Marriage
- trueWindsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986
- trueNobility -- Great Britain
- trueAmbition in women
- trueAmerican women in England
- trueBiographies
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