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Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this fascinating and revelatory new book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and Prince Andrew.
Raised for vastly different futures, one burdened with the responsibility of becoming the future king and the other destined to live in his shadow, Charles and Andrew have spent their lives on different sides of the same coin.
War of the Windsors tells, for the first time, the complete story of Charles and Andrew from their diverging childhoods to their current struggles. It looks at the distinct but overlapping stories of the two heirs, from being separated in their early years and the Queen's supposed overindulgence of Andrew to the competition for Lady Diana and finally, Charles' ascension to throne while his brother is stripped of Royal duties. And it explores whether, with the scandals around Andrew still fresh in public memory, Charles will ever let his brother back into the family.
With extensive research and expert sourcing, War of the Windsors is the incredible inside story of a family in turmoil. Recounting the highs and lows of a brotherhood then turned into a rivalry, royal author and journalist Nigel Cawthorne looks at the makings of a decades long feud and questions whether, ultimately, the brothers will one day band together again.
Dim and dimmer? You decide! Spares Prince Harry and Prince Andrew
have rarely been out of the news since 2019. They both have proved
to have a rare knack for creating a royal soap opera and turning
their humdrum lives into a major embarrassment to their family.
Royal author Nigel Cawthorne unravels their princely lives in this
dual portrait and asks. Join this frank and hilarious celebration
of this royal double act. Covering all the stations of the cross
for royal pain from wives, money, relatives, having to scrounge for
millions, being turfed out of the HRH club.
Virginia (Roberts) Giuffre's all-American childhood came to an
abrupt end by sexual abuse at the age of 7. After her mother exiled
her to a school for troubled youth, she ran away to a life on the
streets. The FBI rescued her when she was 14 from a violent
pedophile and her life seemed to return to normal with a job as spa
attendant at Donald Trump's exclusive Mar-a-Lago in Florida. It was
there that the teenager was approached by the elegant jet-setter
Ghislaine Maxwell who said her millionaire partner Jeffrey Epstein
would like to sponsor her to become a professional masseuse... This
is the first book to tell Virginia's own extraordinary, tale as an
abused penniless high-school drop-out and how she was able to
outsmart her rich underage-sex predators and forced an end to their
crimes.
"He is the greatest fighter alive today" Daily Express Tyson Fury
is colossal - six feet nine inches tall and a whisker under 20
stones in weight. He is spectacularly fast. He has a punch that
could knock over a rhino and he can dance and weave like no one
since the great Muhammad Ali. When he destroyed the fearsome
Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas to become two-time world heavyweight
champion in February 2020, the world held its breath. Fury was born
in 1988 and named after Mike Tyson, who was then the world
heavyweight champion. Tyson comes from a long line of gypsy bare
knuckle fighters. His father, Gypsy John Fury and grandfather,
Tiger Gorman, both fought as professionals. Tyson's success has not
come easily, but he has fought the terrible battles of his personal
life as bravely as those in the ring. In this extraordinary
biography you will read how he overcame addiction to cocaine and
alcohol and lost a staggering eight stone in weight to make his
comeback. His bravery in talking about his mental health problems
is an inspiration to many. Now he is happy and at the top of his
game. There seems little doubt that, for Tyson Fury, Gypsy King of
the World, the best is yet to come...
This Brief Guide is a comprehensive guide to P.G.Wodehouse's two
best-loved comic characters, Bertram ("Bertie")Wooster and his
valet Reggie "Jeeves," Bertie's many friends and relatives, and
their life of country houses and champagne. Cawthorne offers
fascinating insights into Wodehouse's world, his Jeeves and Wooster
stories, and the many adaptations for stage and screen.
Buckingham Palace's greatest fear came true when the FBI arrested
Prince Andrew's friend Jeffrey Epstein on charges of under-age sex
trafficking. Just before the marriage of Kate and Wills, a snapshot
of Andrew with his arm around the naked midriff of the
billionaire's most articulate victim had surfaced. Despite sending
stringent defamation warnings, the palace had been powerless to
prevent headlines on the controversial friendship from moving in
its direction like a hurricane. Prince Andrew: The End of the
Monarchy and Epstein investigates the story of the key players and
allegations and counter-allegations in this unique, high-stakes
royal drama. It provides a gripping and uncommon insight into the
hidden privileges enjoyed by global power brokers, royalty and
billionaires. Transcending the life of one man, it characterises a
whole institution and a way of life - the monarchy as we know it
today. From 2001, Prince Andrew acted as Britain's trade envoy
suddenly enjoying lavish travel and expense accounts of over a 1
million a year. In 2006, a Kazakhstan billionaire bought
Sunninghill Park, the Queen's wedding gift to Andrew and Fergie,
for GBP3 million over the GBP12 million asking price yet never
moved into the property (it was demolished in 2016). Andrew's
official involvement with UK trade came to an abrupt end in 2011
after the prince was overheard discussing Saudi bribery and bribery
in Kyrgyzstan, arguing that 'people should be allowed to get on
with their jobs'. And that was only the beginning as this first
biography reveals.
Virginia Giuffre's three nights in March 2001 have become
well-trodden territory in the world media, but who really is the
person who took on her previous billionaire employers and how was a
girl from a broken home with not much education able to take down
the rich and famous? Her gripping story from her teenage years,
when she started work at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago in Florida at
the age of fourteen, who thought she had won a ticket in the
lottery with her new job, to becoming the nemesis of hallowed names
among the rich and famous.
Who is Keir Starmer? When Keir Starmer won the Labour Party
Leadership election in April 2020, the expectation was that he
would quickly become a fierce Leader of the Opposition as a former
director of public prosecutions, human-rights barrister and
genuinely keen football supporter. Instead, his performance was not
as surefooted as his supporters had hoped for, or his opponents
feared. The 2021 local elections and Hartlepool by-election did not
resurrect the Red Wall and only in the Tory-blue South did his
party make cosmetic gains. Both in Parliament and in media
interviews Starmer struggled to connect with the floating or even
the traditional Labour voter. His approach seemed to raise as many
questions as Jeremy Corbyn's leftwing leadership. Nigel Cawthorne
attended Starmer's grammar school a few years before him (and David
Walliams). Sharing the same formative experience, he goes in search
of the man behind the lawyer who was covered for almost three
decades by a gown and horsehair wig in one of Britain's most
cloistered professions.
Ghislaine Maxwell's life of privilege was unimaginable. Her jetset
world was not only made up of Presidents, top billionaires,
Hollywood stars, Kennedys and Rockefellers, but also of princes,
princesses, dukes and duchesses, all as regular friends - including
university friend Prince Andrew, the favorite son of the Queen of
England. Yet she still wanted more. Ghislaine met shadowy
billionaire Jeffrey Epstein and amassed a fortune of almost $30
million over the course of their friendship. Her arrest by the FBI
in July 2020 - almost a year to the day of Epstein's second arrest
on sex charges - proved a stinging fall from grace as $30 million
bail was refused. GHISLAINE MAXWELL leaves no stone unturned and is
the first investigation based on all new sources available. An
explosive true story, GHISLAINE MAXWELL is a riveting tale of
wealth, power and the almost impervious Teflon power surrounding
America's richest citizens.
This title tells the story of an iconic aircraft from World War II,
that is illustrated with over 250 colour and black and white
photographs. It takes you through the creation, construction,
production and history of the Spitfire, as well as its role in the
major battles of the war. It includes moving first-hand accounts
from the pilots who flew the Spitfires, including both their
experiences in combat and the way of life for the RAF at that time.
It features a fascinating and engaging narrative written by a
leading military history expert. It lists sites where surviving
Spitfires can be viewed today so you can go and see this incredible
aircraft for yourself. It compares the Spitfire with other great
fighters - both Axis and Allied - in the skies at the time. It
shows how the famous fighter plane had its origins in a series of
trophy-winning seaplanes from the 1920s and 1930s, and how it was
developed. This engrossing book retells the story of the iconic
aircraft of World War I. It goes into the heart of the action,
showing what it was like to fly a spitfire in the Battle of
Britain, and tells the moving stories of the brave young pilots who
flew this all-conquering machine. In addition, this book lists
where surviving planes can be seen today so that you see the
incredible aircraft for yourself. The fascinating and informed
text, written by a leading expert in the field and accompanied by
over 250 stunning contemporary and historical photos, make this the
ultimate reference for anybody with an interest in military history
or aviation.
At the age of twenty-one, the future Prince Philip wrote to a
relative: 'I know you will never think much of me. I am rude and
unmannerly.' This affectionate compendium, brings together many
known and less well-known stories about the prince, giving an
insight into the royal world where he 'traipses around' rather than
being professionally qualified in 'something'. From his constantly
forthright speech-making, to his fearless mocking of official
ceremonies, to his teasing of Her Majesty herself, here is a truly
rude celebration of daily life in royal circles.
Once again, Nigel Cawthorne takes the reader on a fascinating
journey through the strange, hidden sexual history of England. The
history of sex in Britain has been largely glossed over by 'proper'
historians: Nigel Cawthorne has burrowed deep into the archives to
reveal exactly what our ancestors got up to in bed (and out of it).
There are chapters on the ancient arts of seduction, adultery,
brothels, 'the English vice', contraception, defloration, and many
more - from the torrid Tudors to the supposedly strait-laced
Victorians.
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Buckingham Palace's greatest fear came true when the FBI arrested
Prince Andrew's friend Jeffrey Epstein on charges of under-age sex
trafficking. Not Long after the FBI also arrested Andrew's
childhood friend Ghislaine Maxwell on Epstein related charges. The
book caused a world-wide sensation in 2020 and investigates the
story of the key players and allegations and counter-allegations in
this unique, high-stakes royal drama. It provides a gripping and
behind-the-scenes insight into the hidden privileges enjoyed by
global power brokers, royalty and billionaires and the fraught
relationship between Andrew and his older brother, heir to the
throne Prince Charles. Transcending the life of one man, it
characterises a whole institution-Buckingham Palace, hitherto one
of the world's most respected institutions.
This title tells the story of the greatest night bomber of World
War II, illustrated with over 275 photographs. It takes you through
the design, development, construction and history of the Lancaster,
as well as its role in the major battles of the war. It includes
first-hand accounts from people who lived through the war in
Germany and in Britain, as well as profiles of the pilots who flew
and fought over Europe. Stunning photographs of the planes
themselves and of the destruction wrought on its target cities
bring the devastating power of these machines to life. It features
a fascinating and engaging narrative written by a leading military
history expert. "The Lancaster Bomber" led the air offensive in the
darkest days of World War II. This book describes how the plane was
developed to fit into an entirely new role in warfare, and explains
how the Lancaster could take the war to the enemy to devastating
effect. Also covered is the production of the plane and the
modifications made throughout its lifetime. This book shows what it
was like to fly a Lancaster over the flak-filled skies of Nazi
Germany, and lists where surviving planes can be seen today. This
fascinating text is the ultimate reference for anybody with an
interest in military history or aviation.
We live in an age of asymmetric warfare. Huge armies no longer face
each other on the battlefield. Instead heads of major powers and
lone assassins (or martyrs) target each other to pursue their
agendas. President Donald Trump felt it necessary to use drones to
blow away the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Qasem Soleimani-a
mastermind of terrorism in the Middle East who threatened the lives
of US troops-and President Barack Obama felt fully justified in
sending in US Navy SEALs to take out Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
This is the nature of modern warfare. And it is only going to get
worse. When nineteen-year-old Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, in 1914, he triggered
the First World War. Few assassinations have had such devastating
consequences, but political assassinations have always changed the
world – often in ways that the assassins and their cohorts could
not have predicted. The murder of John F. Kennedy left Lyndon B.
Johnson free to escalate the war in Vietnam. However, the
assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. while not derailing the
demands for African American civil rights in the US, did lead many
to abandoning his commitment to nonviolence and adopting more
radical means. In a world globalized by social media, more
lone-wolf assassins seek their fifteen minutes of fame by taking
out a famous figure, while leaders of world powers have everything
to gain by decapitating terrorist organizations, employing the
latest surveillance technology to obliterate their leaders. There
are forty-eight assassinations that changed the world in this book.
Rest assured that in the coming years we will see many more.
Throughout history the English have been a warlike lot. Often we
fight among ourselves - there have been a good few civil wars - and
when we were not slaughtering each other, we practiced on our
neighbours, the Scots, the Irish, the French . . . When that got
too easy, we set off around the world to find other people to
fight. This was usually done with a hubris that invited some
ludicrous pratfall. In THE BEASTLY BATTLES OF OLD ENGLAND, Nigel
Cawthorne takes us on a darkly humorous journey through some of our
ill-advised military actions. From the war over a severed ear to a
general seeking out his rival's mistresses to even the score, it is
a miscellany of insufferable arrogance, reckless gallantry,
stunning stupidity, massive misjudgements and general beastliness.
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