Princes at War, Deborah Cadbury
Princes at War, Deborah Cadbury
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Princes at War
The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII

Author: Deborah Cadbury

Narrator: Veida Dehmlow

Unabridged: 15 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/17/2015

Synopsis

The personal lives of the British Royals were successfully kept out of the public eye by mutual agreement of the press and royal family, but this all changed in 1936 when King Edward VIII abdicated the throne and spurned his responsibility for the sake of the glamorous American socialite and divorcee, Wallis Simpson. In Princes at War, Deborah Cadbury reveals evidence that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor colluded with Hitler to take back the British throne from Edward's younger brother, King George VI, should Germany prevail in the War.

Drawing on new research and recently released files, Deborah Cadbury shows that not only did George VI have to battle to lead his country but battle constantly to keep his brothers, and especially his older brother, in check.

About Deborah Cadbury

Deborah Cadbury is an award-winning TV producer for the BBC, including Horizon for which she won an Emmy. She is also the author of numerous acclaimed books, including The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, for which the accompanying series received a BAFTA nomination for Best Series, The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World, The Lost King of France: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII, Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers, and Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space. Deborah lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on May 15, 2016

King Edward VIII/the Duke of Windsor (the Abdicating King), his great "love affair" with Wallis Simpson, and Prince Albert/George VI's reluctant ascent to the throne were first introduced to the general public in The King's Speech. The film took some historical liberties, although the soul of the fi......more

Goodreads review by Joy on July 12, 2015

King George V did his sons no service when he tried to train them to be tough. With his brutal tongue and by turning them over to harsh public schools, he crushed out any kingly qualities they had. Cadbury doesn't mention the evidence described by Andrew Morton that the oldest son Edward VIII never w......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 27, 2022

History of WWII had been written many times from different angles. This one is more of a popular history told from the angle of the British royalty. Duke of Windsor, who abdicated for his love of a divorced, independent Mrs. Simpson, is probably famous to a lot of people in a “romantic” way. His rol......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on September 02, 2015

Poor George VI. 'All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way', Tolstoy once wrote - but the British royal family during WW2 was definitely uniquely unhappy. Unexpectedly becoming king when he felt constitutionally unsuited and incapable is one thing - that's happened......more

Goodreads review by Bfisher on September 04, 2015

The author provided a good sense of the bleak prospect Britain faced during the period after the fall of France, when the survival of the existing polity was very doubtful. The closest analogy I can think of is the counterfactual of a France under Louis XIV having conquered Europe and preparing to i......more

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