Bibliograph

The Mountbattens, the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten, Andrew Lownie

Type

Label

The Mountbattens, the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten, Andrew Lownie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-478) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Mountbattens

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1265405313

Responsibility statement

Andrew Lownie

Sub title

the lives and loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten

Summary

"The intimate story of a unique marriage spanning the heights of British glamor and power that descends into infidelity, manipulation, and disaster through the heart of the twentieth century"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Prologue -- Beginnings -- Students -- First loves -- Duty -- Honeymoon -- A marriage under threat -- Divergent paths -- A terrible scandal -- Playing to win -- Problems in the family -- At war -- Combined operations -- The Dieppe raid -- Supremo -- Relief work -- Love and marriage -- A poisoned chalice -- A tryst with destiny -- Governor-General -- A deeper attachment -- Malta again -- Separate lives -- Sea lord -- After Edwina -- Retirement -- Fixer -- Ireland -- Rumours -- Legacy

Target audience

adult

Classification