Reprint of the 1967 ed. first published in the United States of America by Viking Press (A Studio Book), New York; first published in Canada by The Macmillan Company of Canada in 1967.

The Windsor Years tells a story without its equal in modern history. Here is the dramatic abdication crisis as well as the whole colorful cavalcade of Edward VIII's life. We follow him from his childhood visits with Queen Victoria through his education at Oxford, his brilliant service as Prince of Wales, his accession to the throne in 1936, his wartime work as governor of the Bahamas, and his final years in France. Around him were some of the most notable figures of his times: Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Kaiser Wilhelm, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, and above all, Wallis Simpson - the woman who, because he loved her, was destined to shake the British empire to its very foundations. Interwoven with the text is a unique collection of photographs documenting not only "the romance of the century" but also all the history, pageantry, and changing fashions of seven decades.