That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

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Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, by a woman which attempts to understand this fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England. Download That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor – kino-fada.fr OMG Was the editor drugged or just sleeping on the job This has got to be the most boring biography I have ever read It reminds me of getting stuck in a corner with a person at a party who keeps digressing from one boring story to the next and never making any point but just rambling on Worse, the author makes wild suppositions about Wallis possible DSD or hermaphroditism while making it clear that there has never been any proof of either She goes on to explain that IF these suppositions OMG Was the editor drugged or just sleeping on the job This has got to be the most boring biography I have ever read It reminds me of getting stuck in a corner with a person at a party who keeps ...Possibly the worst purported biography written about the Duchess of Windsor It seems to have been written solely as an excuse for the author to beguile readers with groundless and unproven speculation that the Duchess MAY have suffered from DSD Disorder of Sexual Development , MAY have been an hermaphrodite or semi hermaphrodite , APPEARED to be masculine and had very large hands and, now hold your breath here, a diarist of the day actually wrote that she looked masculine In that case, we d Possibly the worst purported biography written about the Duchess of Windsor It seems to have been written solely as an excuse for the author to beguile readers with groundless and unproven speculation that the Duchess MAY have suffered fr...Completely meretricious, and I mean completely She does nothing at all with the new material, Wallis continuing correspondence with Ernest Simpson until his death, and the reader is forced to endure what can only be described as the cesspool of the author s mind The Duchess of Windsor wasn t the nicest woman in the world, but I have read biographies of Hitler that displayedempathy for their subject Sebba would undoubtedly claim that she is trying to understand the woman, but when you Completely meretricious, and I mean completely She does nothing at all with the new material, Wallis continuing correspondence with Ernest Simpson until his death, and the reader is forced to endure what can only be described as the cesspool of the author s mind The Duchess of Windsor wasn t the nicest woman in the world, but I have read biographies of Hitler that displayedempathy for their subject Sebba would undoubtedly claim that she is trying to understand the woman, but when you devote lugubrious pages to the idea that Mrs Simpson may have been a hermaphrodite with the skillset of a Chinese hooker no proof, mind you well, there is something weirder than biography afoot Since she starts the book with an irrelevant self tribute to her own avoidance of a noble sugar daddy at the very Schlos...Wallis Simpson right woman, right place, right time Perhaps.This highly readable and informative biography of Wallis Simpson by Anne Sebba suggests that had That Woman not come along and swept Edward, Prince of Wales of his feet Britain and its Empire may have ended up with a king who was unfit, uninterested and unable to fill the position that his brother so ably did.Edward before he met Wallis was a royal with a film star following who connected with the people He was also a playboy with Wallis Simpson right woman, right place, right time Perhaps.This highly readable and informative biography of Wallis Simpson by Anne Sebba suggests that had That Woman not come along and swept Edward, Prince of Wales of his feet Britain and its Empire may have ended up with a king who was unfit, unintere...Wallis Simpson was guilty of four things she was a woman, she was a commoner, she was a double divorcee and she was an American But, notwithstanding all these handicaps, she still managed to storm the House of Windsor She shook the fusty old English establishment and she got her man, even when the man happened to be a king The surprise here is even greater because there was something manly about this femme fatale I ll come to this in a bit but first a word or two about a wholly compelling Wallis Simpson was guilty of four things she was a woman, she was a commoner, she was a double divorcee and she was an American But, notwithstanding all these handicaps, she still managed to storm the House of Windsor She shook the fusty old English establishment and she got her man, even when the man happened to be a king The surprise here is even greater because there was something manly about this femme fatale I ll come to this in a bit but first a word or two about a wholly compelling individual, a social climber, a sort of American Becky Sharp, the unscrupulous character from William Makepeace Thackeray s novel Vanity Fair, one who climbed high enough to catch the affections of the heir to the throneIn 1936 Edward VIII, who recently succeeded his father George V, made it plain to the English establishment, politicians and churchmen alike, that he intended to marry this double divorcee, his long standing mistress, an unprecedented move Oh, no, ...Very conjectural, especially when constantly returning to never proven, only rumoured suspected supposed medical issues of the main subjects I tried reading this for the parties, but couldn t.I ve always been interested to knowbehind the story of Edward and Wallis I heard on a podcast that Anne Sebba had access to some letters that were previously unreleased so I chose her book for my education The first third of the book focuses on Wallis childhood and live before Edward This section was all new information for me and I found it well paced and entertaining Wallis mother had many struggles which helped to shape Wallis feelings towards money and security However, Sebba I ve always been interested to knowbehind the story of Edward and Wallis I heard on a podcast that Anne Sebba had acc...The story of Wallis Simpson and her relationship with Edward, the king who gave up his throne to marry her, continues to fascinate, 75 years after they were married The author gives us the facts and the speculation, being careful to distinguish between them Even after looking at all the documentation, including some new material, Sebba admits no one can explain the inexplicable how a middle aged woman who was not beautiful and who repeatedly humiliated Edward in front of their friends, was The story of Wallis Simpson and her relationship with Edward, the king who gave up his throne to marry her, continues to fascinate, 75 years after they were married The author gives us the facts and the speculation, being careful to distinguish between them Even after looking at all the documentation, including some new material, Sebba admits no one can explain the inexplicable how a middle aged woman who was not beautiful and who repeatedly humiliated Edward in front of their frie...Normally, you d write a new biography of somebody whose life has already been extensively scutinised by various predecessors when new material becomes avialable, or your own research has unearthed something hitherto unknown That s definitely not the case in this current biography of Wallis Simpson by Anne Sebba.She trundles her way through Wallis s life, without any psychological insight, new research or having talked to contemporaries.She comes up with two startling opinions of her own, Normally, you d write a new biography of somebody whose life has already been extensively scutinised by various predecessors when new material becomes avialable, or your own research has unearthed something hitherto unknown That s definitely not the case in this current biography of Wallis Simpson by Anne Sebba.She trundles her way through Wallis s life, without any psychological insight, new research or having talked to contemporaries.She comes up with two startling opinions of her own, however A That Wallis Simpson was most likely a hermaphrodite Based on nothing, apart from a catty sideways remark by a gay diarist if indeed she is a woman And B that the Prince of Wales was most likely suffering from autism Based on nothing at all, but apparently he didn t take enough notice of other people s feelings and was sometimes tactless.These two insights really can t be commented upon, they are too unfounded and highly...Very readable bio of Wallis Simpson and the first written by a woman Whilst sympathetic, it s pretty much a warts and all look at the woman, her life and the impossible situation she found herself in.The one thing that did strike me while reading this was how much hasn t changed over the years The public s general attitude and response to the women royal men choose as consorts either out of love or duty has remained pretty much the same Earl s daughters are good especially if they produce a Very readable bio of Wallis Simpson and the first written by a woman Whilst sympathetic, it s pretty much a warts and all look at the woman, her life and the impossible situation she found herself in.The one thing that did strike me while reading this was how much hasn t changed over the years The public s general attitude and response to the women royal men choose as consorts either out of love or duty has remained pretty much t...

That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
  • English
  • 09 October 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 344 pages
  • 0297858963
  • Anne Sebba
  • That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor