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The Love of a King

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The Oxford Bookworms Library offers new editions of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one with new covers. The new editions build on the success of the original series and provide enhanced teaching support. Sixteen additional pages inside each book allow extra pages of activities and increased author and series information. Some of the titles have new illustrations. For those titles which had associated cassettes, the cassettes will remain available with the same ISBNs as before.

64 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 2000

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198 reviews61 followers
January 2, 2021
اين كتاب درمورد داستان عجيب و واقعي زندگي ادوارد هشتم پادشاه انگلستان هست كه فقط چندماه تو اين منصب مي مونه و بخاطر عشق به زني مطلقه، از سلطنت كناره گيري ميكنه تا بتونه با اون زن ازدواج كنه... عشق زيبا و عجيبي بود....
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24 reviews26 followers
April 17, 2022
4.5
با این کتاب متوجه شدم چقدر خوندن تاریخ در قالب داستان شیرینه🫂
Long Live Love...
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837 reviews445 followers
February 2, 2019
This book shows only the bright side of the Duke (Edward VIII) and Duchess (Wallis Simpson) of Windsor; it doesn't show the innumerable defects of these two controversial people.
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19 reviews
October 29, 2019
چطور میشه باور کرد مردی اون همه امتیاز و دارایی رو برای عشق زنی که اینقدر معمولی بوده رها کرده؟ کاش هنوز هم باشند همچین مردهایی
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39 reviews1 follower
July 15, 2023
کتاب خیلی زیبایی بود. و اینکه یه نفر چقدر برای عشق ارزش قائل باشه. بنظرم عشق به یه آدم می‌تونه مثل یه نهال باشه. اگه بهش رسیدگی بشه و بهش آب بده اون بزرگ و بزرگ تر میشه و دیگه نمیشه نادیده گرفتش. اما اگه بهش بی توجهی کنه اونم کم کم خشک میشه و از بین می‌ره.
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38 reviews3 followers
May 1, 2014
1. Pater Dainty, Oxford, Level2
2. 4/30-30m, 5/1-20m
3.lonely
love
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Kind
Crown
Happy
Britain
4. When Edward left Britain, his mother said to him "I love you. I am your mother and nothing can change that. But if you marry that woman, you will break my heart. Go now. It is all very sad."
I think this words made him strong. He could decide not to come back here and be happy with woman he loved.
5. I really thought about true love through this book. Edward gave the crown to his brother and choose his love. He is very cool! I'd like to meet such a kind, strong man!
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January 18, 2011
Edward VIII was the king of Great Britain and other several countries. But he throw his place away for his love. I don't believe that love is forever. How could it be? Love is getting colder and colder becasue people change. Did Edward really love Wallis so much? Was it really worth it to have to leave his country?
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9 reviews28 followers
June 6, 2014
best English story i have ever read
just a king who left it all for his own happiness :) ♥
1 review
December 14, 2017
it is a very famous story in england, because of course it is a true story of a king who abdicated to be with the woman he loved. The story is very exciting, talked about a king called edward and a woman called wallis.They are the main characters. Edward met a pretty woman called wallis, he fell in love with her, but she was married with a man called winfiled and she divorced him because he was an agressive man.it is a wonderful story of love . ı liked this story because they passed for many problems but their love was very big and they got married. At the and the love was invincible and it won on everything.(THE love of a king ) Emre Akbıyık
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3 reviews
December 9, 2020
I love the story of how Edward sacrifice all of the things he has just to stay with Wallis, the woman he loves. Like Winston said that the best things in life are free. He's right at that point that we cannot force anything to happen. We just need to observe the things that just need to yet happen. And a phrase from Edward, "When the winds change, the sea moves and it takes my boat away. " This is a lovely story that I've ever read this month.
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96 reviews
February 9, 2026
This book was so short that I barely had time to form a thought before I finished it.

I also have to admit that I don’t really know much about kings or royal history, so this book was not for me. I only picked it up because I was gifted a copy.

There isn’t much I can really say about the story or the characters since I don’t know enough about the people or the historical context to fully appreciate it. That being said… we do love love, so good for them for finding it.
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April 21, 2022
My favorite graded book! It has multiple conflicts (between the young king and his parents, teachers, and the royal family). But, the way his wife divorced her former husband was rather too fast. word count matters, I think.
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244 reviews18 followers
June 29, 2024
حبيت قصة الملك انه تحدى بل و تنازل عن الملك و بلده و امه التي قالت انا احبك لانك أبني و لكن ساكون غاضبة عليك ان تزوجتها بعد ما كانت مهملة ابناءه لها جرى عجيبة

I want to say

I HOPE LONG TO YOUR TOGETHER LOVE TO EVER I HOPE YOU IN THE BEST PLACE
45 reviews1 follower
August 23, 2017
Brief love story! The love in stories can only be understood unless you experienced one, or else it is just a story.
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340 reviews114 followers
January 11, 2018
رواية لطيفة لغتها بسيطة وسهلة القراءة جداً ومناسبة للمبتدئين في قراءة الأدب الانجليزي. لمن لا يعرف، القصة حقيقية.
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37 reviews
July 7, 2018
this book was a beautiful story of a king who left everything for love. was easy to read in english 😍✨👍😅☺💚❤
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1 review1 follower
July 2, 2020
That's it's just a story, but tell you that what is true love like, what are the things that you cannot buy? Why people accept you just after you dies!
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11 reviews2 followers
August 8, 2020
عندما تُحب بصدق سوف تترك كل مالديك من أجل محبوبك، إدوارد إستغنى عن منصب المُلك لأنه لايرى فيه السعادة كما يراها مع حبيبته.
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