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is essentially unique about the glimpses that Victoria Martinez provides us with in The Royal W, E. : Unique Glimpses of the Duke amp Duchess of Windsor is her fresh and informed insight into the lives of the exiled couple that she has gained through extensive research into contemporary archives relating to both their own lifestyle, and to the sphere in which they moved.
Her primary intent in writing about royalty in such an invigorating way, Martinez claims, is her desire to convert the reader of fiction who, until coming to her work, had thought of history as fuddyduddy and anachronistic.
In a discussion with Ist Author Interviews, the writer

states, “Ifelt that it was important to write historical nonfiction in a way that would be as interesting and enjoyable to people as historical fiction.
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Martinezs years in PR have certainly taught her how to publicize her writing well, with much of her material first having been blogged at the Unofficial Royalty website.
She gives credit to Geraldine Voost for giving her the first opportunity to write for a large online audience about Wallis Simpson and the abdicated King Edward VIII, to whose defense she feels drawn, considering them both to have been much discredited in terms of both royal sanction and public sentiment.
Much of the impetus in her writing does, indeed, seem to come from her having been a columnist for such a medium, as it is a far cry from the dry academic texts that one sometimes associates with historical penmanship.
The absence of extensive foot/endnotes, a bibliography and index are noted, which, though possible serving as a drawback to fellow historians and avid history cognoscenti, may appear in a more positive light to those who are looking for a fun and interesting read.
After all, one hardly expects to find such careful annotation in a Georgette Heyer novel, for example, as one does in a work by David G.
McCullough, does one

Not that Martinez has only written for such an attentiongrabbing and immediately accessible source, for she has also, for many years, used Mark Gauldings quarterly journal of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Society as an open forum for discussion on her work.
The final chapter of The Royal W, E. , “A Fool Would Know,” was also originally published in Arturo Beéches European Royal History Journal, This chapter is of specific note for its extensive detailing of therobbery of Wallis Simpsons jewels during a visit to Ednam Lodge, the country estate of the Earl and Countess of Dudley.


In short, if you are set on an enjoyable and informative read that requires little effort on your part, you cant go far wrong by downloading The Royal W.
E. : Unique Glimpses of the Duke amp Duchess of Windsor,
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Excellent book, I just wish it were longer and covered more of their lives, Jimmy Donahue and what happened while he was Governor.
Not really a story and she tells facts could get this from a website, Most people think they know the story of King Edward VIII giving up his throne for the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, in, The truth is: politics and innuendo clouded that story from the very beginning, with the result that few people really understand who The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were and what forces propelled them to their infamous fate.


The Royal W, E. examines the individual and intertwined lives of Wallis and Edward or “W, E. ” as they referred to themselves and provides readers with unique glimpses of the real people, as opposed to the sensationalized characters, that were The Duke and Duchess of Windsor.


Through careful study of more thanyears of rhetoric and scholarship, Victoria Martínez takes on the most controversial charges lodged against the couple Was Wallis a hermaphrodite Were the Duke and Duchess Nazi sympathizers with candor and evenhandedness.
In analyzing the early lives of Wallis and the exking and their later relationships with other members of the Royal Family, her approach is to deal with all parties as human beings, whose true faults though significant were far less sinister than history has led us to believe.
Ms. Martínez also addresses the everpopular subject of the Duchesss jewels, including new research on the famousEdnam Lodge jewel heist to dispel the longheld rumors that the Duke and Duchess committed jewel theft and insurance fraud.


The subjects in this book are not always mainstream, wellknown, or even consistent with “popular” opinion, and the objective is not to make anyone “like” the couple.
Instead, readers will find refreshingly honest and accurate portrayals of W, E. that will help them understand the real people behind the myth and hype,

“Prejudice and preconception are difficult things to set aside, particularly after so many years of negative stories and sordid rumor, but I think readers here will discover an alternative and convincing look at the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
I am sure they would approve and perhaps, just perhaps, the future may be a little bit kinder to Edward and Wallis because of the efforts of people like Ms.
Martínez. ” Greg King, author of The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson
Reading Victoria Martinez can be frustrating experience, While reading her work, most recently 'The Royal W, E. : Unique Glimpses of The Duke and Duchess of Windsor" I frequently find myself saying out loud, Shes such a good writer, If only she had an editor who would” Martinez has much to offer the reader, including an engaging voice and deep knowledge of her subject.
But the lack of the restraining hand of a good editor has allowed Martinez' works to retain a certain air, call it enthusiastic amateurism, typical of writing produced for the blogosphere.


According to the author, five of the seven essays in this short approximatelypp ebook previously appeared on the Unofficial Royalty website.
There are three overlong and fulsome congratulatory forwards from the author's 'mentors,' an author biography plus lengthy 'Acknowledgements' and 'Introduction,' meaning almost half the 'book' comprises other than titular materials.
'The Royal W. E. ' is less than a good value for your reading dollar, even given its minimal download cost,

The Royal W, E. ' is best seen as an intelligent digest of the primary scandals surrounding the Windsors, Topics include Wallis Simpson's perceived role in Edward VIII's abdication rumors that the Duchess was a hermaphrodite the infamousburglary of the Windsor jewels the lifelong animosity between the Duchess and Queens Mary and Elizabeth.
Though Martinez refers to her sources in the body of the text, there are no footnotes except for the last essay, which may be original to this edition and no list of sources to which the discerning reader can refer for proof texts.


For example, in 'Not a Woman at All' Martinez tackles the rumor that Wallis Simpson was a hermaphrodite, She makes the solid point that if Wallis, Duchess of Windsor had the public relations consultants inthat were available to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall inwe might never have heard such outlandish canards about Wallis, let alone seen them form the core of her enduring reputation.
According to Martinez the rumor is based on one line in a biographer's not of Wallis diary, though here Martinez' casual approach to documentation lets her down.
The diary was 'posthumouslypublished' 'in' but is that when the remark was first known What was the context Did others misinterpret it, willfully or not Martinez says, 'it wasn't the first time the idea.
. . had been mentioned. ' By whom When The author states, 'many of the materials that claim Wallis was a hermaphrodite include a statement that the condition was 'not well understood' in Wallis' time.
' What materials At what time Wallis Simpson lived into thes,
It may appear I am demanding academic standards from what is intended as light reading for the entertainmentoriented reader, However, Martinez herself says in her introduction, I strive to perpetuate good scholarship and research over the opposite, and give readers a chance to make educated decisions for themselves.
I merely do her the honor of taking he at her word,

Martinez mastery of her subject shines in the final essay, 'A Fool Would Know,' where she brings clarity to the convoluted tale of thetheft of the famed Windsor jewel collection.
Distilling more than sixty years worth of police and press reports, interviews and rumors, Martinez analysis and theories are brief, appropriate and reasonable,

There is no shortcut to quality: it is not enough to merely compile a list of blog posts, Ms. Martinez is a writer of talent and passion who deserves to see her best original work published, With the guidance of experienced editorial help, I believe Victoria Martinez can produce popular biographies and specialist history worthy of inclusion in discerning readers permanent collections.





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