ThenextvolumeinAlexanderLarman’sbiographicalchronicleoftheWindsorfamily,astheygotowarwithAdolfHitler--andeachother.Atthebeginningof1937,theBritishmonarchywasinastateofturmoil.Thepreviousking,EdwardVIII,hadabdicatedthethrone,leavinghisunpreparedandterrifiedbrotherBertietobecomeGeorgeVI,surroundedbyagaggleofcourtiersandpoliticianswhobarelythoughthimuptothejob.Meanwhile,asthenow-DukeofWindsorawaitedthedecreethatwouldallowhimtomarryhismistressWallisSimpson,hetookanincreasedinterestintheexpansionistplansofAdolfHitler.Hemayevenhavegonesofarastobetrayhiscountryintheprocess.AndasdoubleagentsandNazispiesthrongedthecorridorsofBuckinghamPalace,theonlymantheKingcouldtrustwashisPrimeMinister,WinstonChurchill.Buttheyfacedaformidable,evenunbeatable,adversary:hisownbrother.TheWindsorsatWartellsthenever-before-toldstoryofWorldWarTwoinBritainandAmericawithafreshfocusontheroyalfamily,theirconflictedrelationships,andtheeventsthatrockedtheinternationalpress.Howdidthissquabbling,dysfunctionalfamilymanagetoputtheirdifferencesasideandunitetohelpwinthegreatestconflictoftheirlifetimes?AlexanderLarman,authorofTheCrowninCrisis,nowchroniclestheWindsorfamilyatwarwithGermany--andeachother.
