Book Review: Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor spent their entire life together in exile after the Duke had abdicated as King Edward VIII in order to marry the twice-divorced Wallis.
They were and still are strongly disliked, not in the least because of their apparent support of the Nazi regime. I won’t go into too much detail about my opinion of this, as I have already done so elsewhere.
Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor dives deep into the evidence, although I am not sure if anything was actually “explosive” or “new.” A large part of the book focuses on the years around the abdication and the war years, which I understand as this is where the “scandalous” part of their exile takes place. The rest of their lives (and exile) isn’t covered quite as in-depth as the rest.
The book is quite interesting, but the disdain for the couple seems to drip from the pages. It’s fine to dislike them; even I don’t think very highly of them. Overall, I don’t think this book quite lives up to the claim on the cover.
Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie is available now in the US and the UK.
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