The Mountbattens : the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten / Andrew Lownie.
Title:
The Mountbattens : the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten / Andrew Lownie.
ISBN:
9781643137919
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Edition:
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
Physical Description:
490 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Preface -- Prologue -- Beginnings -- Students -- First loves -- Duty -- Honeymoon -- A marriage under threat -- Divergent paths -- A terrible scandal -- Playing to win -- Problems in the family -- At war -- Combined operations -- The Dieppe raid -- Supremo -- Relief work -- Love and marriage -- A poisoned chalice -- A tryst with destiny -- Governor-General -- A deeper attachment -- Malta again -- Separate lives -- Sea lord -- After Edwina -- Retirement -- Fixer -- Ireland -- Rumours -- Legacy.
Summary:
He was 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. She was once the richest woman in Britain, a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, but she emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker who was loved throughout the world. Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten were a powerful partnership. Lownie reveals the truth behind a carefully curated legend, and the rumors that Dickie was a man of high-level connections, film-star looks and ruthless self-promotion. He examines controversies such as the Dieppe Raid and Indian Partition, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru, and Mountbatten's assassination in 1979. -- adapted from jacket
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OCLC Number:
on1265405313
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