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17 Carnations
- The Windsors, The Nazis and The Cover-Up
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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The story of the love affair between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII, and his abdication in order to marry the divorcée, has provoked fascination and discussion for decades. However, the full story of the couple's links with the German aristocracy and Hitler has until now remained untold.
Meticulously researched, 17 Carnations chronicles this entanglement, starting with Hitler's early attempts to matchmake between Edward and a German noblewoman. While the German foreign minister sent Simpson 17 carnations daily, each one representing a night they had spent together, she and the Duke of Windsor corresponded regularly with the German elite.
Known to be pro-German sympathizers, the couple became embroiled in a conspiracy to install Edward as a puppet king after the Allies were defeated. After the war, the Duke's letters were hidden in a German castle that had fallen to American soldiers. They were then suppressed for years, as the British establishment attempted to cover up this connection between the House of Windsor and Hitler.
Drawing on FBI documents, material from the German and British Royal Archives, and the personal correspondence of Churchill, Truman, Eisenhower and the Windsors themselves, 17 Carnations reveals the whole fascinating story, throwing sharp new light on a dark chapter of history.
Andrew Morton is one of the world's best-known biographers and a leading authority on modern celebrity as well as royalty. His groundbreaking 1992 biography revealed the secret world of Diana, Princess of Wales. Written with her full, though then secret, cooperation, the book changed the way the world looked at the British royal family. Since Diana: Her True Story, he has gone on to write number-one Sunday Times and New York Times best sellers on Monica Lewinsky, Madonna, David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie and, most recently, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in William and Catherine: Their Lives, Their Wedding. The winner of numerous awards, he divides his time between London, Hollywood and Manhattan.
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- C. Hamilton-welsh
- 17-04-18
You couldn't Make it up
really interesting and well crafted. I loved the mix of historical context with the main story. this adds to my view that we should thank wallis simpson for giving us George 6th. she must have been a remarkable woman. they deserved each other. neither likeable and clearly miserable despite all their wealth. David clearly was a very mixed up man. you couldn't make up a story like this!
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- D G Fretwell
- 02-11-22
Fascinating book!
I was engrossed with this book. I had heard my parents often discuss this era of British history (they lived through it) but to learn about it in depth from this book was great.
I enjoyed the fact that the author has covered the reactions of Edward’s abdication from so many different viewpoints…the other members of the Royal family; the politicians; the press; other Allied countries…but most interesting was the insight into how Hitler was using the situation for his own ends. Well done Andrew Morton and thank you for a fascinating history lesson!
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- BLISSFULL
- 19-04-22
A NAIVE MAN OR A TRAITOR KING??
I am not a huge fan of this author,but this book seems to me to be well researched, even handed and once he presents the evidence lets the reader/listener decide for him/herself which I thought was excellent.
The narration is excellent too.
Overall I would highly recommend this audiobook.
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- AJB
- 21-01-22
Fascinating
I have listened to this book a few times as its absolutely fascinating, I would recommend also watching the various interviews Andrew Morton gave regarding the book on YouTube.
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- Timbo
- 31-10-23
A Traitor and a Narcissist
If Edward had been an English officer he’d have been put in the Tower and been executed. How he survived and his activities were hidden is a disgrace that this book reveals in great detail.
I’m surprised he hasn’t been disinterred and buried in an unmarked grave!
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- Kirsty Morris
- 10-04-19
Fairly written and interesting
As a history book this is a halfway decent effort, I'm a royal history buff and it managed to teach me a few things I didn't know. My one overriding complaint is the word ducal is vastly overused. The listener does not need reminding every few paragraphs that the Windsors were a ducal couple, we know that already. I did find it quite irritating after a while.
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- Adanaya
- 27-11-20
Life under this country under the Gestapo
My father was in SOE in a number of countries, paracuted in, dropped from gunboats and fishing boats, he went to teach resistance organisations how to learn morse code and transmit, receive, move and hide radio equipment, but thousand of men and omen lost and risked their lives to protect us from being invaded. (bold, underlined) would have done. Well yes.
Without their bravery, how many of the population would be left now? Those who hadn't gone up in smoke would be working as slave labour, the rest ruled completely by Nazis, home grown and imported. If these two had had their way, that would have done it. I'm short sighted. How far down the list would I be?
Just listen to the abdication, Edward quite clearly says ' - to run this country as I-y. would have wanted. This book shows us how close we came.
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- RFJ
- 06-09-21
Great Listening
As a lover of history this is a real insight into one of the most important men in Britain's History.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-05-21
Light shone on grotesques in a grotesque system
The British monarchy destroyed the main mass of the evidence relevant to to treasonous activities of the Duke of Windsor. Andrew Morton does a great job with what is left. Highlighting the pettiness of the royal family - taking up the time of elected people, like Churchill, who was fighting a war at the time - and the fact that, left to their own devices, they did what worked for them, irrespective of the consequences for other people. The Windsors were just the worst. Giving secrets to the Nazis. Cooperating with Nazi propaganda. Preparing the way for a Nazi victory. And these people were protected!? Thank you the Americans who would not go along with the destruction of historical records. Well worth a read. Adam Ardrey.
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- A. Moorhouse Sacred Earth
- 01-12-21
nothing new
nothing new in this really if you have read other biographies, very light weight and disappointing.
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