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Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue

Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue


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The story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor is one of the most romantic of all time: Edward VIII abdicated his throne and gave up an empire so that he could marry the woman he loved, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Very few people suspected, and even fewer actually knew, that the Duchess cuckolded him and almost gave him up for a gay playboy twenty years her junior. Blond and slender, Jimmy Donahue was the archetypal post-war playboy. He could fly a plane, speak several languages, play the piano, and tell marvelous jokes. People loved him for his wit, charm and personality. The grandson of millionaire Frank W. Woolworth, Jimmy knew he would never need to work. Instead, he set about carving for himself a career of mischief. Some said evil. Gay at a time when the homosexual act was still illegal, Jimmy was notorious within America's upper class, and loved to shock. Though press agents arranged for him to be seen with female escorts, his pursuits, until he met the Duchess of Windsor, were exclusively homosexual. He was thirty-five when he was befriended by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in 1950. The Duchess was fifty-four, and despite the difference in age, there was an instant attraction. A burgeoning sexual relationship a perverse sort of love was formed between Jimmy and the Duchess. Together with the Duke, they became an inseparable trio, the closest of friends. As Jimmy had planned, the royal couple became obsessed with him. With information from surviving contemporaries, Dancing with the Devil by Christopher Wilson is the extraordinary tale of three remarkable people and their unique and twisted relationship. "

About the Author :
Christopher Wilson is an English journalist, broadcaster and author. His authoritative account of the secret relationship between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles was made into a major TV movie. He has also been a columnist for several major newspapers in Great Britain. His books include Dancing with the Devil.

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[A] fabulous sex and scandal tale. Cindy Adams, the New York Post For true romantics, it's like finding out that the epic love affair of Abelard and Heloise was really just a quickie in a Left Bank nightclub's men's room. Or that Rapunzel wore hair extensions and Cinderella had an ingrown toenail . . . Dancing With the Devil certainly makes for a juicy read. W magazine [This] naughty book dishes the grade-A gossip. Jane Magazine [Wilson is] imaginative...sensitive...an original stylist...fair-minded. New York Observer A juicy read! Indianapolis Star Lots of spicy detail. Newsday " [A] fabulous sex and scandal tale. "Cindy Adams, the New York Post" For true romantics, it's like finding out that the epic love affair of Abelard and Heloise was really just a quickie in a Left Bank nightclub's men's room. Or that Rapunzel wore hair extensions and Cinderella had an ingrown toenail . . . "Dancing With the Devil "certainly makes for a juicy read. "W magazine" [This] naughty book dishes the grade-A gossip. "Jane Magazine" [Wilson is] imaginative...sensitive...an original stylist...fair-minded. "New York Observer" A juicy read! "Indianapolis Star" Lots of spicy detail. "Newsday"" "[A] fabulous sex and scandal tale." - Cindy Adams, the "New York Post" "For true romantics, it's like finding out that the epic love affair of Abelard and Heloise was really just a quickie in a Left Bank nightclub's men's room. Or that Rapunzel wore hair extensions and Cinderella had an ingrown toenail . . . "Dancing With the Devil "certainly makes for a juicy read." -"W" magazine "[This] naughty book dishes the grade-A gossip." -"Jane Magazine" "[Wilson is] imaginative...sensitive...an original stylist...fair-minded." - "New York Observer" "A juicy read!" -" Indianapolis Star" "Lots of spicy detail." - "Newsday"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781466873964
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publisher Imprint: St. Martin's Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue
  • ISBN-10: 1466873965
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jun 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 272


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