Wednesday, 18 July 2012

That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba

I read this July 2012
It is the August bopok for waterstones Book Club Bury St Edmunds.
What I thought of it..
Well there are many fors and againsts re actually wanting to start this book in the first place
Fors: I'm interested in the subject matter, I wanted to find out why Edward (David) felt he had to abdicate the throne, what the relationship was with the Nazi party, what Wallis was really like; seen through the eyes of subsequent history.
Againsts: I really don't like biographies, too linear, too full of dates, too much name dropping, too much background, and a slanted view..

Well I gave it a go, I didn't enjoy it, I found it tedious and boring and full of things I didn't really want to know about and not enough of things I did want to know about.
I look forward to hearing what the others at book club felt about it...
2/10
Hav you read it ?
let me know what you think of it.
Helen

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