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Alexander Larman, the master chronicler of the House of Windsor, brings his acclaimed trilogy to a dramatic and poignant conclusion.When the Royal Family took to the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day in 1945, they knew that the happiness and excitement of the day was illusory. Britain may have been victorious in a painful war, but the peace would be no easier. Between the abdication crisis, the death of King George VI, and the ascension of young Elizabeth II to the throne, the continued existence of the monarchy seemed uncertain. And the presence of the former Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, conniving and sniping from the sidelines in an attempt to regain relevance, even down to writing a controversial and revelatory memoir, could only make matters worse.
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Alexander Larman is an author, historian and journalist. After reading English at Oxford, from where he graduated with a First, he ghost-wrote and edited various memoirs and biographies, including the late artist and flneur Sebastian Horsley's . His involvement with the book led Horsley to say 'there is no man in London more capable of genius - or a flop - than Alexander Larman'. He began his own writing career with (Head of Zeus, 2014) , a biography of the 17th century poet and libertine Lord Rochester, and followed this with (Head of Zeus, 2016) a social history of the year 1666, and (Head of Zeus, 2016) , an 'anti-biography' of the poet Lord Byron and the significant women in his life. His next book, (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020) was a revisionist history of the abdication saga. It was selected by the and as one of their best books of the year and led to significant international media coverage of the new revelations about the event. As a journalist, Larman regularly contributes to titles including and , for which he serves as literary editor. He lives in Oxford with his wife and daughter.
