By Royal Appointment: The Love Affair That Almost Destroyed The Monarchy by A. O'ConnorMy rating: 0 of 5 stars
Review of BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT by A. O'Connor
As soon as I read the description of this fine fictionalization of historical events, I was immediately reminded of a similar situation within the British Monarchy, only 75 years later. I refer to the abdication of the throne by King Edward VIII in 1936, due to his love for the American divorced commoner Wallis Warfield Simpson. In BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT, author A. O'Connor capably and giftedly illustrates the encounter and subsequent consequences of Bertie, Prince of Wales, an impetuous and willful young gentleman, easily diverted, readily debauched, and an equally misbehaving actress, Nellie Cliffden, in Ireland. O'Connor vividly brings history to life, drawing real historical figures so cleverly that we feel much as if they are our neighbours and friends.
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