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

English

By (author): Andrew Lownie

'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

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Product Details
  • Weight: 763g
  • Dimensions: 162 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Aug 2019
  • Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781788702560

About Andrew Lownie

Andrew Lownie was educated at Magdalene College Cambridge where he was Dunster History Prizeman and President of the Union before taking his Masters and doctorate at Edinburgh University. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and former visiting fellow of Churchill College Cambridge he has run his own literary agency since 1988. A trustee of the Campaign for Freedom of Information and President of The Biographers Club he has written for the Times Telegraph Wall Street Journal Spectator and Guardian and formerly served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

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