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The 2008 Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society Member Survey of the
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On this page is the Official Duke and Duchess of Windsor Society Bibliography of books, magazines, films,video, theatrical works, and other ephemera by or about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (also Britain's King Edward VIII, Edward, Prince of Wales, Mrs. Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson, Mrs. Simpson).
The works reflected in this bibliography include nonfiction (biography, autobiography, memoirs, history, anthological history books, auction catalogues) works as well as fiction (novels, plays, etc).
This is the first edition of the Society’s official bibliography of books, films, magazines, ephemera, and other media that are by or about the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. The Duke and Duchess were probably two of the most discussed individuals in the twentieth century. For obvious reasons, not all books, magazines, or newspapers are included in this listing. The Windsors frequently appear in the memoirs of other notable individuals but, at least for now, those works are not included in this bibliography (the exception to this rule is if the memoirs were written by former staff members of the couple). The intention of this bibliography is to provide interested readers, researchers, and historians with a comprehensive listing of works whose primary contents deals with the Duke and/or Duchess of Windsor (throughout their lifetimes).
This bibliography is intended to be a continuously evolving work in progress which is primarily Society member driven. We will eventually expand the magazine section to include more titles that have a substantial amount of material related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. For obvious reasons, we would not want to list every LIFE Magazine that included a photo of the Duke & Duchess and a short caption. Such a listing would confuse users of this bibliography with too many listings. The same could be said for newspaper articles. For this reason, we request that you use the above criteria before you decide to submit additional recommendations of books, magazine issues or other media (please submit! to your hearts content...I just don’t want to create a lot of additional work for India or me by having to sort through large lists of material. If we all keep in mind the intent of the bibliography then it should be fairly easy to maintain a reasonable size of content and thus user friendly.)
A number of the books may have appeared in print multiple times and with different publishers. With one exception, we have elected to refrain from including that information for now (although works by the Windsors will eventually include as many printings/publishers as we can possibly obtain). There is currently not any mention of foreign language publications.
NOTES FROM THE BIBLIOGRAPHER
A few helpful notes from Society Member India Edghill (NY), the author of this bibliography:
- For titles starting with “A” or “The”, I’m putting that first, rather than an endless series of titles that read TITLE, THE. However, the alphabetization is by the first significant word in the title. I’m using strict library alphabetization. In many cases, there are different publishing dates for the same book – for instance, it came out in the UK in 1989 but in the USA in 1990. We’d go mad trying to get them all in. The title and author are the most important things. Sometimes the titles change: EDWARD VIII by Hector Bolitho became KING EDWARD VIII by Hector Bolitho later.
- When the Duke or Duchess is the author, I use the form of their name on the book in question.
- I’m not using “a novel” after fiction titles, as it’s not really a subtitle, more a marketing tool.
- In general, biographies of other royal family members are not included in this bibliography, unless they contain significantly new and/or substantial information about the Duke or Duchess of Windsor. Anthological historical books about the British monarchy or other historical subject matter (murder, true crime) are also omitted from this bibliography.
- The Film category currently includes only documentaries or television or theatrical films which deal significantly with the Windsors. We will in the very near future create an additional category for filmed interviews of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. There have also been a number of theatrical musicals and plays written about the Windsors. We will also expand on this category in the near future.
Please submit additional recommendations for inclusion in the bibliography to: webiblio@gmail.com or webiblio@ddows.org. The more info about the submission the better. Edghill recommends that a submission look something like:
“Why He Married That Woman” by I.M. Jealous, SLEAZE Magazine, January 1937 as opposed to a more obscure version: “‘Why He Married That Woman’ an article in an old magazine I sort of remember.”
Mark Gaulding, Executive Director
The journal is published by Mark Gaulding/JMVintage which specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor...and other curious subjects. Visit www.jmvintage.com for more information.
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor Official Bibliography
BOOKS BY THE DUKE OR
DUCHESS OF WINDSOR
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FICTION |
The Crown and the People 1902-1953 by HRH the Duke of Windsor, KG, 1953
A Family Album by HRH the Duke of Windsor, 1960
The Heart Has Its Reasons: the Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor by Wallis Warfield Windsor, 1956
A King’s Story: the Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor by HRH the Duke of Windsor, 1951
Some Favorite Southern Recipes of the Duchess of Windsor by Wallis Warfield Windsor, 1942 (Scribners). Reprinted 1954 (Gramercy Publishing Co)
Windsor Revisited by HRH the Duke of Windsor, 1960
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Any Human Heart by William Boyd, 2003
Dance on a Sinking Ship by Michael Kilian, 1988
The Darkness of Wallis Simpson by Rose Tremain, 2005 [short story]
The Duke of Windsor by Ursula Bloom, 1975
Emerald by Elisabeth Luard, 1994
Gone With the Windsors: a Novel by Laurie Graham, 2006
Hollow Crown by David Roberts, 2002
In Secret Service by Mitch Silver, 2007
King John of Jingalo: The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Houseman, 1937. Available free in full text from Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18498
Lisbon Crossing by Tom Gabbay, 2007
Long Live the King by John Rowe, 1984
Monkanshan: a Tale of Wallis Simpson’s Naughty Shanghai Postcards by James H. Irwin, 2005
Operation Raven by Stuart White, 1986
The Plot to Kill Wallis Simpson by Graham Fisher, 1989
A Royal Murder by Elliott Roosevelt, 1994
Thunder Road by Jack Higgins, 1993
To Catch a King by Harry Patterson (pseudonym of Jack Higgins), 1979
Wallis: the Novel by Anne Edwards, 1991
The Windsor Plot by Pauline Glen Winslow, 1981 |
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NONFICTION BOOKS ABOUT
THE MURDER OF SIR HARRY OAKES |
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FILM
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Blood and Fire: the Duke of Windsor and the Strange Murder of Sir Harry Oakes by John Marquis, 2005
A Conspiracy of Crowns: the True Story of the Duke of Windsor & the Murder of Sir Harry Oakes by Alfred de Marigny, 1990
The Life & Death of Sir Harry Oakes, Geoffrey Bocca, 1959
Serpent in Eden: the Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time by James Owen, 2005
Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes?, James Leasor, 1983
Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes, Marshall Houts, 1976 |
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Champagne Safari. 1995. Documentary on Charles Bedaux. Documentary footage of the Duke and Duchess.
Edward and Mrs. Simpson. 1978. Miniseries. Starring Edward Fox as the Duke and Cynthia Harris as the Duchess
Edward on Edward. Documentary hosted by Edward Wessex (Prince Edward), covering the Abdication, 1996
A King’s Story. Documentary. Directed by Harry Booth, 1965.
The Woman He Loved. 1992. Made for TV movie. Starring Anthony Andrews as the Duke and Jane Seymour as the Duchess.
The Woman I Love. 1972. Made for TV movie. Starring Richard Chamberlain as the Duke, Faye Dunaway as the Duchess
To Catch a King. 1984. Based on the Harry Patterson (aka Jack Higgins) novel. Starring Barbara Parkins as the Duchess, John Standing as the Duke
Wallis and Edward. 2007. Starring Joely Richardson as the Duchess and Stephen Campbell Moore as the Duke. |
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The Abdication by Lewis Broad, 1961
Abdication: the First Full Account of Edward VIII’s Agony and Crisis by Brian Inglis, 1966
Abdication by Christopher Warwick, 1986
The Abdication of Edward VIII by Lord Beaverbrook, 1966
The Abdication of Edward VIII by J. Lincoln White, 1937
Ask Sir James: the Life of Sir James Reid, Personal Physician to Queen Victoria by Michael Reid, 1987
Bachelor Prince by Frazier Hunt, 1935
Battle Royal by Kirsty McLeod, 2000
The Biography of HRH the Prince of Wales by W. and L. Townsend, 1929
Born Royal: the Lives and Loves of the Young Windsors by Richard Hough, 1988
The Cards the Windsors Hold by Stanton B. Leeds, 1937
Coronation Commentary by Geoffrey Dennis, 1937
The Crown & Swastika: Hitler, Hess, & The Duke of Windsor, Peter Allen, 1983
Dancing With the Devil: the Windsors and Jimmy Donahue by Christopher Wilson, 2000
Duchess: the Story of Wallis Warfield Windsor by Stephen Birmingham, 1981
The Duchess of Windsor by Michael Bloch, 1996
The Duchess of Windsor by Diana Mosley, 1980
The Duchess of Windsor: the Secret Life by Charles Higham, 1988. Revised and updated 2004
The Duchess of Windsor: the Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson by Greg King, 1998
The Duchess of Windsor and Other Friends by Diana Mosely, 2003
The Duke of Windsor by Ursula Bloom, 1972
The Duke of Windsor: His Life and Times Described and Illustrated, Odhams Press, 1953
The Duke of Windsor’s War by Michael Bloch, 1982
Edward and Mrs. Simpson by A.C.H. Smith, 1978
Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson, 1975
Edward VIII: Duke of Windsor by Basil Maine, 1937
Edward VIII: the Man We Lost by Robert Gray, 1972
Edward the Eighth: Our King by Arthur Groom, 1936
Edward VIII: the Road to Abdication by Frances Donaldson, 1979
Edward P. by Evelyn Graham, 1929
Edward the Uncrowned King by Christopher Hibbert, 1972
Famous Jewelry Collectors by Stefano Papi and Alexandra Rhodes, 2004
George V’s Children by John Van Der Kiste, 2003
Gone With the Windsors by Iles Brody, 1953
The Green Baize Door by Ernest King, 1963
HRH – A Character Study of the Prince of Wales by Frank E. Verney, 1926
Her Name Was Wallis Warfield by Edwina Wilson, 1936
Hidden Agenda: How the Duke of Windsor Betrayed the Allies by Martin Allen, 2000
His Majesty King Edward VIII (anonymous/Associated Newspapers) 1936
His Was the Kingdom by Frank Owen, 1936
The House of Windsor by Eric Acland, 1937
The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor by John Culme, 1987
The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor (Sotheby’s auction catalog) 1987
The King and Mrs. Simpson: the True Story of the Commoner Who Captured the Heart of a King by Erin Frances Schulz, 2008
King Edward VIII by Hector Bolitho, 1937
King Edward VIII: A Life by Philip Ziegler, 1990
A King in the Making by Genevieve Parkhurst, 1925
King of Fools by John Parker, 1989
The King Over the Water by Michael Pye, 1981
King, Pawn, or Black Knight? The sensational story of the treacherous collusion between Edward, Duke of Windsor and Adolf Hitler by Gwynne Thomas, 1995
King’s Counsellor: Abdication and War: the Diaries of “Tommy” Lascelles. Edited by Duff Hart-Davis, 2006. Subtitle also given as “Abdication and War: the Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles.
The Last of the Duchess by Caroline Blackwood, 1995
Lese Majesty: the Private Lives of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Norman Lockridge, 1952
Letters From a Prince: March 1918 – January 1921. Edited by Godfrey Rupert, 1998
The Life of King Edward VIII by William J. Makin, 1936
Long Live the King by Eric Acland, 1936
Loyal to Three Kings: A Memoir of Alec Hardinge, Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1920 -1943, Helen Hardinge (editor), 1967.
Mrs. Simpson by Richard Garrett, 1979
Operation Willi: the Plot to Kidnap the Duke of Windsor by Michael Bloch, 1986
The Other Mrs. Simpson: Postscript to the Love Story of the Century, Anne Kirk Cooke & Elizabeth Lightfoot, 1977
Our Ambassador King by Basil Maine, 1936
Our King: the Life Story of King Edward VIII by David Williamson, 1936
The People’s King: the True Story of the Abdication by Susan Williams, 2004
The Prince of Wales’ Book: A Pictorial Record of the Voyages of H.M.S. “Renown” 1919-1920 (anonymous), 1920
The Prince of Wales’ Eastern Book: A Pictorial Record of the Voyages of H.M.S. “Renown” 1921-1922 by Percival Phillips, 1922
The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Hugo Vickers, 1996
Queen Elizabeth: A Portrait of the Queen Mother by Penelope Mortimer, 1986
Rat Week: An Essay on the Abdication by Osbert Sitwell, 1986
The Reign and Abdication of Edward VIII by Michael Bloch, 1990
Royal Feud: the Dark Side of the Love Story of the Century by Michael Thornton, 1985
The Royal Governor and the Duchess: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the Bahamas 1940-1945 by Owen Platt, 2003
The Secret File of the Duke of Windsor by Michael Bloch, 1988
Six Men by Alistair Cooke, 1977
The Spy Went Dancing, Aline, Countess of Romanos, 1990
Wallis and Edward: Letters 1931-1937: the Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor edited by Michael Bloch, 1986
The Way She Looks Tonight: Five Women of Style by Marion Fowler, 1996
Why Edward Went by Warren Bradley Wells, 1937
The Windsor Protocol by Peter Macalan, 1993
The Windsor Secret by Peter Allen, 1984
The Windsor Story by J. Bryan III & Charles J. V. Murphy, 1980
The Windsor Style by Suzy Menkes, 1987
The Windsor Tapestry: Being a Study of the Life, Heritage, and Abdication of HRH the Duke of Windsor, K.G. by Compton Mackenzie, 1938
The Windsor Years by Lord Kinross, 1967
The Woman He Loved: the Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Ralph G. Martin, 1974
The Woman Who Would Be Queen: a Biography of the Duchess of Windsor by Geoffrey Bocca, 1954
Working for the Windsors by Dina Wells Hood, 1957 |
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Life Magazine. November 8, 1937
Life Magazine. June 9, 1941.
Life Magazine. May 22, 1950
Time Magazine. January 4, 1937. Cover portrait of Wallis Simpson.
TV Guide. December 16, 1972. Amsel cover of the Duke and Duchess. Article about the TV movie “The Woman I Love”, which aired that week.
MISCELLANEOUS
Crown Matrimonial: a Full-Length Play by Royce Ryton, 1973
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Paper Dolls by Tom Tierney, 1988
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Sale 7000. The Public Collections. The Private Collections. Information. (A three-volume set in slipcase.) See also The Public and Private Collection of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor and British Royalty Letters, Photographs, and Memorabilia – Thursday, March 24, 1988 – Public Auction Sale 1464W
Only a Kingdom (musical play) (CD available) by Judith Steir, 2001
The Public and Private Collections of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Sotheby’s Auction Catalog, 1997
Souvenir of a 1926 Camborne Mine Visit, 2005
Wallis Simpson’s (1934) Diary, Helen Batting (editor), 2006 |
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