The Windsor Affair by Melanie Benjamin
Summary (from the publisher): A scandalous affair. A power struggle for the throne. A sensational rivalry between an English queen and an American commoner. In this electrifying novel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue tells the story of the Abdication of Edward VIII—and the two women at the center of it all. Feuding Windsor brothers and their wives—some things, it seems, never change. The Men : Edward David Windsor, heir to the British throne, and Albert, known as Bertie, his younger brother, “the spare.” The Women : Edward’s wife Wallis, an American divorcée, and Bertie's wife Elizabeth, descended from Scottish nobility. The Feud : a rivalry that will last all their lives, make headlines, and still fuel gossip pages nearly a century later. The Windsor Affair recreates the cataclysmic events that nearly toppled the monarchy and incited the power struggle between Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the q...
