{"product_id":"the-windsor-affair","title":"The Windsor Affair","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMelanie Benjamin\u003c\/b\u003e is a prize-winning novelist and \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eCalifornia Golden\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Children's Blizzard\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eMistress of the Ritz, The Girls in the Picture, The Swans of Fifth Avenue, The Aviator's Wife, The Autobiography of Mrs.Tom Thumb, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eAlice I Have Been\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Melanie Benjamin delivers another brilliant historical about two spicy, colorful women involved in a juicy, scandalous rivalry inside the royal family. Exceptional and entertaining, full of dazzle, glitter and grace, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Affair \u003c\/i\u003eis a book you'll devour in one day.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kim Michele Richardson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Elegant, atmospheric, and meticulously observed, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Affair\u003c\/i\u003e is Melanie Benjamin at her most compelling. With a novelist's eye and a historian's instincts, she ushers us into a rarefied world that simply hums with rumor, ambition, and desire.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jennifer Robson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Melanie Benjamin turns her pen, with splashy, incisive glee, on the epic rivalry between two royal women.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kate Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Astral Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is the novel to dive into if you want a juicy royal family saga where the stakes could not be higher. It's Benjamin's finest book to date.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Renee Rosen, author of \u003ci\u003eLet's Call Her Barbie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Crown\u003c\/i\u003e meets \n\u003ci\u003eThe Real Housewives\u003c\/i\u003e in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Affair\u003c\/i\u003e. I loved all of it. Historical fiction has never been so much fun.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Abbott Kahler, author of \u003ci\u003eEden Undone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Melanie Benjamin transforms a notorious royal chapter into a delicious story filled with scandal, ambition, rivalries, and heartbreak: totally compelling, completely unputdownable.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Rebecca Armitage, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Heir Apparent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you thought you knew everything there was to know about Windsor and Wally, think again. For fans of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Crown\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe King's Speech, \u003c\/i\u003e this is heaven-sent.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Louis Bayard, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wildes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Affair\u003c\/i\u003e is a scathing delight.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sarah McCoy, author of \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to Lori Lovely?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA scandalous affair. A power struggle for the throne. A sensational rivalry between an English queen and an American social climber. In this electrifying novel, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Swans of Fifth Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the Abdication of Edward VIII--and the two women at the center of it all. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As deliciously dishy as an English cream tea and the royal gossip whispered over it!\"--Kate Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Astral Library\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeuding Windsor brothers and their wives--some things, it seems, never change. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Affair\u003c\/i\u003e recreates the cataclysmic events that nearly toppled the monarchy and incited the power struggle between Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Wallis Simpson. Told from the perspective of both women, the novel propels readers into the fabulous world of the debonair Prince of Wales, café society of the 1930s, and the glittering private lives of the Windsors. The first novel to be dedicated to this infamous rivalry, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Affair\u003c\/i\u003e brings us all the gossip and intrigue between the two very different--yet perhaps more similar than they would admit--wives of royals. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Queen, Elizabeth would become the symbol of British pluck and courage during World War II and remain a British institution the rest of her long life. Wallis would be forever forced to enact the World's Greatest Love Story even after it sours, as she goes from being admired to vilified and, ultimately, pitied. Against the backdrop of the Abdication Crisis, World War II, coronations, funerals, births, and deaths, these two women maintain a biting, sharp-tongued feud--until age and the long arm of history bring about a kind of understanding. For the last communication between these bitter rivals was a simple, surprising message: \"In friendship, Elizabeth.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/13\/2026 (EAN 9780593497883, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 pg. 64 (EAN 9780593497883, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780593497883, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Delacorte Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496232681750,"sku":"9780593497883","price":37.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593497883.jpg?v=1783057799","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-windsor-affair","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}