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In 1936, the British monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern era--the crisis of abdication and the menace of Nazism. The fate of the country rested in the hands of George V's sorely unequipped sons:
-a stammering King George VI, terrified that the world might discover he was unfit to rule
-a dull-witted Prince Henry, who wanted only a quiet life in the army
-the too-glamorous Prince George, the Duke of Kent--a reformed hedonist who found new purpose in the RAF and would become the first royal to die in a mysterious plane crash
-the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, deemed a Nazi-sympathizer and traitor to his own country--a man who had given it all up for love

Princes at War is a riveting portrait of these four very different men miscast by fate, one of whom had to save the monarchy at a moment when kings and princes from across Europe were washing up on England's shores as the old order was overturned. Scandal and conspiracy swirled around the palace and its courtiers, among them dangerous cousins from across Europe's royal families, gold-digging American socialite Wallis Simpson, and the King's Lord Steward, upon whose estate Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachuted (seemingly by coincidence) as London burned under the Luftwaffe's tireless raids.

Deborah Cadbury draws on new research, personal accounts from the royal archives, and other never-before-revealed sources to create a dazzling sequel to The King's Speech and tell the true and thrilling drama of Great Britain at war and of a staggering transformation for its monarchy.

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  • Title Princes at War: The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII
  • Author Deborah Cadbury
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher PublicAffairs, New York
  • Publication date 2015-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781610394031 / 1610394038
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.7 in (23.88 x 16.51 x 4.32 cm)
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Kings and rulers, Princes - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014957933
  • Dewey Decimal Code 941.084

About the author

Deborah Cadbury is the author of seven acclaimed books including Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, for which the accompanying series received a BAFTA nomination for Best Series; The Feminization of Nature; The Dinosaur Hunters; The Lost King of France; Space Race; and Chocolate Wars. Before turning to writing full time, she worked for thirty years as a BBC TV producer and executive producer and has won numerous international awards, including an Emmy Award. She lives in London.
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