ONCE A KING : THE LOST MEMOIR OF EDWARD VIII – JANE MARGUERITE TIPPETT

An astonishing account… — The Daily Mail … an extraordinary new portrait of the former King, his recollections and feelings . — The Telegraph Tippett has made a remarkable archival discovery…the most consequential book to appear on Edward VIII since Ziegler s official biography thirty years ago . — Ted Powell, author of King Edward VIII: An American Life … an insightful blend of memoir and royal family history . — Publishers Weekly … an efficient and thorough recounting of the events as they unfolded in 1936… with striking transcripts of interviews conducted with Wallis . — The Sunday Times This is an extraordinary book which aims to shed new light on this often maligned figure who irreversibly changed the course of royal history . — Harper s Bazaar A compelling read that breaks new ground . — Irish Daily Mail A first-rate biographical study . . . This valuable book allows a tragic king to speak with frankness across the years . — The House Magazine *** The real story of Edward VIII – the King who abdicated the throne in 1936 – told in his own words, using an unpublished memoir and other never seen sources. Fifteen years after having abdicated the throne to marry the woman he loved – Wallis Simpson – King Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, published his memoirs. But whilst preparing the manuscript for his published and mostly ghostwritten book – which, unlike Prince Harry s autobiography Spare, largely avoided controversy – the Duke also produced a private manuscript for posterity. This was written in his own words and with an uninhibited frankness. Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII reproduces this uncrowned King s previously unseen writing, including much that he could or would not write for publication in 1951. Jane Marguerite Tippett weaves together Edward s writing alongside newly uncovered interviews with the Duke and Duchess, diary entries from ghostwriter Charles Murphy and other sources. To