Name: The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves: The Sunday Times Bestseller
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Author: Andrew Lownie
ISBN: 9781788702980

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The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Author

Andrew Lownie

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Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781788702980

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Synopsis "The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves: The Sunday Times Bestseller "

'Richly entertaining... impressively well-researched' Daily Mail, Biography of the Year The Sunday Times bestselling biography of the glamorous couple behind the modern royal family, the aunt and uncle of Prince Philip. DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the Royal Family taking the Mountbatten name, he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India. EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN: Once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, she emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker loved around the world. From British high society to the South of France, from the battlefields of Burma to the Viceroy's House, The Mountbattens is a rich and filmic story of a powerful partnership, revealing the truth behind a carefully curated legend. Was Mountbatten one of the outstanding leaders of his generation, or a man over-promoted because of his royal birth, high-level connections, film-star looks and ruthless self-promotion? What is the true story behind controversies such as the Dieppe Raid and Indian Partition, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru, and Mountbatten's assassination in 1979? Based on over 100 interviews, research from dozens of archives and new information released under Freedom of Information requests, prize-winning historian Andrew Lownie sheds new light on this remarkable couple. 'Painstakingly researched... genuinely enthralling' Observer 'A page-turner which is also a carefully researched work of history' Spectator 'A compelling new biography...superbly researched' Daily Express 'Incisive... strongly recommend' The Times

Andrew Lownie

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Andrew Lownie estudió en el Magdalene College de Cambridge, donde fue Premio Dunster de Historia y Presidente de la Unión, antes de cursar su maestría y doctorado en la Universidad de Edimburgo. Miembro de la Royal Historical Society, regresó posteriormente a Cambridge como profesor visitante en el Churchill College.

Ha sido librero, editor y periodista, escribiendo para The Times, The Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, The Spectator y The Guardian, y desde 1988 dirige su propia agencia literaria especializada en historia y biografía.

Es presidente del Club de Biógrafos, miembro de la junta directiva de la Organización Internacional de Biógrafos y fideicomisario de la Campaña por la Libertad de Información.

Nacido en Kenia y criado en las Bermudas, reside actualmente en Londres, cerca de la Abadía de Westminster. Tiene un interés particular en los espías, Escocia y la biografía revisionista.

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