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Golden Hour LP, The - Beatriz Williams - Bog

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The Bahamas, 1941. Newly widowed Leonora ?Lulu? Randolph arrives in Nassau to write a magazine article about its newest wartime residents: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. But as she infiltrates the royal couple's social circle she discovers that Windsor-era Nassau roils with spies, financial swindles, and racial tension, and in the middle of it all stands Benedict Thorpe: a scientist of charismatic charm and murky national loyalties. When Benedict Thorpe disappears without a trace, Lulu embarks on a journey to London and beyond to unpick Thorpe's complicated family history: a fateful love affair, a wartime tragedy, and a mother from whom all joy is stolen.The stories of two unforgettable women thread together in this extraordinary epic set against a shocking true crime . . . and the rise and fall of a legendary royal couple.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780062912336
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 704
  • Udgivet:
  • 18. februar 2020
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x41x229 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 1124 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 5. december 2024
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The Bahamas, 1941. Newly widowed Leonora ?Lulu? Randolph arrives in Nassau to write a magazine article about its newest wartime residents: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. But as she infiltrates the royal couple's social circle she discovers that Windsor-era Nassau roils with spies, financial swindles, and racial tension, and in the middle of it all stands Benedict Thorpe: a scientist of charismatic charm and murky national loyalties. When Benedict Thorpe disappears without a trace, Lulu embarks on a journey to London and beyond to unpick Thorpe's complicated family history: a fateful love affair, a wartime tragedy, and a mother from whom all joy is stolen.The stories of two unforgettable women thread together in this extraordinary epic set against a shocking true crime . . . and the rise and fall of a legendary royal couple.

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