Product Description
Behind Closed Doors
Author: Hugo Vickers
Format: Paperback
The tragic true story behind the forthcoming film My Duchess starring Joan Collins and Isabella Rossellini
'Hugely entertaining' — Telegraph
'A page turner' — Times Literary Supplement
'Definitively brilliant' — Evening Standard
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, died in Paris on 24 April 1986, just weeks short of her ninetieth birthday.
Many assumed she had died years earlier, having vanished from public life for over a decade. Yet her death made headlines around the world, prompting a fresh retelling of Edward VIII's abdication and reigniting the long-smouldering feud between the exiled Windsors and the British Royal Family.
Hugo Vickers has followed the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor since he was a young man. In this book, drawing on previously unpublished papers and personal testimony, he offers a striking new perspective on one of the twentieth century's most fascinating and ill-fated couples.
Behind Closed Doors is part detective story, part gripping royal history. With meticulous research and a deep understanding of his subjects, Vickers uncovers a drama whose power has only grown with time.
'The most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet' — Financial Times
'Behind Closed Doors is filled with revelations' — Isabella Rossellini
'Hugo Vickers always brings history to life... the reader feels like they are looking through the peephole and listening through the door' — Joan Collins
'Fascinating ... A beautifully written account of one of the 20th century's most remarkable lives' — The Lady
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About the Author
Hugo Vickers is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and an acknowledged expert on the Royal Family, appearing regularly on television. He has written biographies of the Queen Mother, Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece; Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough (The Sphinx), Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh and others. He explored the Duchess of Windsor’s house when writing The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (1995). He collaborated with HRH The Duke of Kent on A Royal Life. His book The Kiss won the 1996 Stern Silver Pen for non-fiction. Hugo Vickers lives between London and Wiltshire and has two sons and a daughter.
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