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The Darkness of Wallis Simpson Book

Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American woman for whom Edward Vlll abdicated in 1936, ended her life as the prisoner of her lawyer who would not allow anyone - friend, foe or journalist - to visit her in her Paris flat. The author takes this true story and transforms it into an imaginative and ironic fiction.Read More

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  • Foyles

    A masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling Rose Tremain.Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward Vlll abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in her Paris flat, closely guarded by her lawyer who will not allow her any visitors. An East German border guard, redundant after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tries to reach Russia by bicycling across the hostile wastes of Poland.A jilted man gets his revenge. A baby grows wings. A character in an Impressionist painting escapes from his ‘frame’ – or does he?‘Moving and tragic... The darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection’ Daily Express‘Classic, breathtaking Tremain’ Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year‘Mordantly perceptive tales’ Sunday Times

  • ASDA

    Wallis Simpson the twice-divorced American woman for whom Edward Vlll abdicated in 1936 ended her life as the prisoner of her lawyer who would not allow anyone - friend foe or journalist - to visit her in her Paris flat. The author takes this true story and transforms it into an imaginative and ironic fiction.

  • 0099268566
  • 9780099268567
  • Rose Tremain
  • 21 September 2006
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
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