The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life

Higham is author of many best-selling books, including a number of biographies of such notable figures as Howard Hughes, Katharine Hepburn, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, and Marlene Dietrich. His biography of the Duchess of Windsor became a bestseller when it was originally published in 1988. The revised edition incorporates major new documentary evidence that was unavailable in 1988 in archives in France, England, and the U.S., including information about the duchess's affair with a top-ranking American political figure, the duke's romantic involvement with a male equerry, secret radio broadcasts the couple made to Hitler, and a 1938 blackmail plot against the couple. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR