Describes the life of Queen Mary of England, paternal grandmother of Elizabeth II and mother of Edward VIII and George VI.
In 1936, the British monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern era?the crisis of abdication and the menace of Nazism. The fate of the country rested in the hands of George V?s sorely unequipped sons:?a stammering King George VI, terrified that the world m…
British author Cadbury explores the many layers involved in the abdication crisis of 1936, which ceded the British crown to the seemingly least prepared of the four sons of George V, George VI, aka Bertie, who revealed himself in the subsequent crisis of war to be the most suita…
British author Cadbury explores the many layers involved in the abdication crisis of 1936, which ceded the British crown to the seemingly least prepared of the four sons of George V, George VI, aka Bertie, who revealed himself in the subsequent crisis of war to be the most suita…