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Edward VIII

1894–1972

Edward VIII was king of the United Kingdom in 1936 before abdicating in order to marry Wallis Simpson. His short reign and later role as Duke of Windsor made him a controversial figure in twentieth-century royal and political history.

Rory Clements’s Corpus places Edward VIII within a narrative shaped by political ambition and government, crime, espionage and covert power, and religion, belief and institutional authority. Rory Clements’s Invitation from a Dictator places Edward VIII within a narrative shaped by family, marriage and personal loyalty, political ambition and government, and crime, espionage and covert power.

Series

Series featuring Edward VIII (2 series)

Tom Wilde in Order

by Rory Clements 8 books 4.3

The Tom Wilde series follows an American-born Cambridge history professor drawn into British and Allied intelligence work from the crises of 1936 through the Second World War and the early Cold War. The novels combine espionage with political extremism, scientific research, royal scandal, propaganda and contested wartime memory.…

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Detective Sebastian Wolff Series in Order

by Rory Clements 2 books 4.5

The Detective Sebastian Wolff series follows a Munich police detective attempting to investigate crime as Nazi rule destroys judicial independence. Beginning in the mid-1930s, the novels place disappearances, murder and political violence inside propaganda spectacles, party rivalries and the personal compromises demanded by dictatorship. Wolff’s professional duty repeatedly…

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Standalone books

Standalone books featuring Edward VIII (1 book)