William Morrow & Company The Windsor Conspiracy : A Novel Of The Crown, A Conspiracy, And The Duchess Of Windsor, By Georgie Blalock
Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl, delivers a stunning piece of WWII historical fiction, an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to spy on the Duchess of Windsor for her alleged Nazi sympathies and finds much more than she bargained for!American Amelia Montague defied her family five years ago to marry the man she loved, but that decision cost her everything. Disowned by her family, and left a penniless widow after her husband?s death, Amelia becomes her cousin Wallis Simpson?s private secretary in France, thrusting her into the center of a brewing royal family drama. With no other prospects available, Amelia has no choice but to succeed, and under their Aunt Bessie?s direction, hopes to have a positive influence on Wallis and the Duke of Windsor.During the next two years, Amelia realizes that not everything with the Windsors is glittering happiness. Beneath the façade of the besotted couple simmers Wallis?s rage at her stunted ambition, and the couple soon reveal themselves to be self-centered Nazi supporters who pursue their own interests at any cost.When the Germans invade France, and the Windsors leave Amelia to escape the Gestapo on her own, Amelia finds herself in position to work for the most unlikely of employers: MI5 and the FBI. Convinced to work undercover, Amelia joins the Windsors in Nassau for a dangerous game of espionage and intrigue and soon realizes that Wallis?s treachery extends far deeper than the US and British government even knows?Richly imaginative, Georgie Blalock?s novel of secret history stuns as it explores two women, opposites in every way, and the choices they make to survive both war and each other?
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Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl, delivers a stunning piece of WWII historical fiction, an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to spy on the Duchess of Windsor for her alleged Nazi sympathies and finds much more than she bargained for!American Amelia Montague defied her family five years ago to marry the man she loved, but that decision cost her everything. Disowned by her family, and left a penniless widow after her husband?s death, Amelia becomes her cousin Wallis Simpson?s private secretary in France, thrusting her into the center of a brewing royal family drama. With no other prospects available, Amelia has no choice but to succeed, and under their Aunt Bessie?s direction, hopes to have a positive influence on Wallis and the Duke of Windsor.During the next two years, Amelia realizes that not everything with the Windsors is glittering happiness. Beneath the façade of the besotted couple simmers Wallis?s rage at her stunted ambition, and the couple soon reveal themselves to be self-centered Nazi supporters who pursue their own interests at any cost.When the Germans invade France, and the Windsors leave Amelia to escape the Gestapo on her own, Amelia finds herself in position to work for the most unlikely of employers: MI5 and the FBI. Convinced to work undercover, Amelia joins the Windsors in Nassau for a dangerous game of espionage and intrigue and soon realizes that Wallis?s treachery extends far deeper than the US and British government even knows?Richly imaginative, Georgie Blalock?s novel of secret history stuns as it explores two women, opposites in every way, and the choices they make to survive both war and each other?
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Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl, delivers a stunning piece of WWII historical fiction, an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to spy on the Duchess of Windsor for her alleged Nazi sympathies and finds much more than she bargained for!American Amelia Montague defied her family five years ago to marry the man she loved, but that decision cost her everything. Disowned by her family, and left a penniless widow after her husband?s death, Amelia becomes her cousin Wallis Simpson?s private secretary in France, thrusting her into the center of a brewing royal family drama. With no other prospects available, Amelia has no choice but to succeed, and under their Aunt Bessie?s direction, hopes to have a positive influence on Wallis and the Duke of Windsor.During the next two years, Amelia realizes that not everything with the Windsors is glittering happiness. Beneath the façade of the besotted couple simmers Wallis?s rage at her stunted ambition, and the couple soon reveal themselves to be self-centered Nazi supporters who pursue their own interests at any cost.When the Germans invade France, and the Windsors leave Amelia to escape the Gestapo on her own, Amelia finds herself in position to work for the most unlikely of employers: MI5 and the FBI. Convinced to work undercover, Amelia joins the Windsors in Nassau for a dangerous game of espionage and intrigue and soon realizes that Wallis?s treachery extends far deeper than the US and British government even knows?Richly imaginative, Georgie Blalock?s novel of secret history stuns as it explores two women, opposites in every way, and the choices they make to survive both war and each other?
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