The Mountbattens. Their Lives & Loves

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Blink
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: Reprint

Description: 490 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception are a few light age markings on the inside page.

Publishers Description: The intimate story of a unique marriage spanning the heights of British glamour and power that descends into infidelity, manipulation, and disaster through the heart of the twentieth century. DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philips marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name, he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India. EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN: Once the richest woman in Britain--and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs--she emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker who was loved throughout the- world. From British high society to the South of France, from the battlefields of Burma to the Viceroys House, The Mountbattens is a rich and filmic story of a powerful partnership. Was Mountbatten one of the outstanding leaders of his generation, or a man over-promoted because of his royal birth, high-level connections, film-star looks, and ruthless self-promotion What is the true story behind controversies such as the Dieppe Raid and Indian Partition, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru, and Mountbattens assassination in 1979

ISBN: 9781788702980