Wallis lived by her wit and her wits, while both her apparent and alleged moral transgressions added to her aura and dazzle.īased on new archives and material only recently made available, this scrupulously researched biography sheds new light on the character and motivations of a powerful, charismatic and complex woman. Sebba (That Woman), a former Reuters foreign correspondent, burrows into the lives of women in the City of Light during WWII to reveal their captivating and complicated stories. Neither beautiful nor brilliant, she nevertheless became one of the most talked-about women of her generation, and she inspired such deep love and adoration in Edward VIII that he gave up a throne and an empire for her. In That Woman, Anne Sebba cuts through decades of rumor and mythology to try to reveal the truth about this woman and her extraordinary journey from upper-middle-class Baltimore girl to jet. That woman, as she was referred to by the Queen Mother, became a hate figure for ensnaring a British king and destabilising the monarchy. 'That woman', as she was referred to by the Queen Mother, became a hate figure for ensnaring a British king and destabilising the monarchy. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by a woman of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by a woman of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. Journalist, lecturer, author of That Woman, life of Wallis Simpson, Les Parisiennes, Women in Wartime Paris, Ethel Rosenberg An. One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the twentieth century.
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