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' manages to convey the charm as well as the turpitude' Craig Brown 'Shrewd, thorough, revelatory' - William Boyd

'A remarkable and definitive portrait' - Frederick Forsyth a matchless and splendidly exciting read' The Times Praise for Stalin's Englishman, winner of the St Ermin’s Intelligence Book of the Year From Churchill and Montgomery to Roosevelt and Eisenhower the Royal Family, including the Duke of Windsor, George VI, the Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles to Charlie Chaplin, Noel Coward, Salvador Dali, George Gershwin, Grace Kelly and Merle Oberon. Once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, Edwina Mountbatten emerged from World War Two as a magnetic and talented charity worker loved around the world.įrom the prize-winning and bestselling historian, Andrew Lownie, comes a nuanced portrayal of two very unusual people and their complex marriage to mark the 40th anniversary of Lord Mountbatten's assassination by the IRA.įrom British high society and the South of France to the battlefields of Burma and the Viceroy's House, this is a rich and filmic story whose characters include all the key figures of the Second World War. THE MOUNTBATTENS: Their Lives and Loves by Andrew LownieĪ major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name, Dickie Mountbatten's career included being Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War Two and the last Viceroy of India.