Abdication

Description:

In a tale set against a backdrop of pre-World War II turbulence in England and Edward VIII's scandalous affair, a fatherless chauffeur shares an undeclared love with a complex Oxford undergraduate, a housekeeper hides her Nazi sympathies and a woman struggles with escalating tensions in her friendship with Wallace Simpson.

subjects: Secrets,  Social life and customs,  Aristocracy (Social class),  London (England),  Fiction,  History,  London (england), fiction,  Fiction, romance, historical,  Fiction, biographical,  Fiction, romance, historical, general

People: Edward Windsor Duke of (1894-1972),  Wallis Warfield Windsor Duchess of (1896-1986)

Times: 20th century