Rachel Trethewey: Before Wallis [2018] hardback USHIS Using source material from both

Using source material from both sides of the Atlantic

From his childhood and teenage days

The poet was formed by his English experience as much as his Irish

it's as if nothing has changed

he taught in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT

Rachel Trethewey: Before Wallis [2018] hardback USHIS Using source material from bothWallis Simpson is known as the woman who stole the king's heart and rocked the monarchy but she was not Edward VIII's first or only love. This book is about the women he adored before Wallis dominated his life. There was Rosemary Leveson Gower, the girl he wanted to marry and who would have been the perfect match for a future king; and the Prince's long term mistress, Freda Dudley Ward, who exerted a pull almost equal to Wallis over her lover, but