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Triangle amoureux chez les Windsor - Dancing withthe Devil
L'une des histoires d'amour les plus médiatiques du XXe siècle tiendrait-elle du mensonge ? Cette enquête mondaine sur la vie privée du duc et de la duchesse de Windsor nous révèle le scandale des scandales.
Décembre 1936. Le prince Edward VIII, dans un geste " d'amour fou ", renonce à son trône et abandonne l'empire britannique pour une Américaine doublement divorcée, Wallis Simpson. Ce coup d'éclat transforme les amants déchus en couple iconique du xxe siècle. Admirés. Intouchables. Mais, contre toute attente, Wallis Simpson s'entiche ensuite d'un jeune playboy homosexuel et richissime, avec qui elle partage de longues nuits aux quatre coins du globe.
Blond et charismatique, Jimmy Donahue sait tout faire : piloter un avion, parler plusieurs langues, danser et jouer du piano. Doté de charme et d'esprit, adoré de tous, le petit-fils du milliardaire Frank W. Woolworth profite de sa position sociale et de sa fortune pour multiplier les frasques. Ses conquêtes sont exclusivement masculines jusqu'à sa rencontre, en 1950, avec le duc et la duchesse de Windsor. En dépit de leur différence d'âge, l'attirance physique entre Wallis et Jimmy est immédiate. Ils vont former, avec Edward, un trio inséparable, devenant les meilleurs amis du monde...
Voici l'histoire scandaleuse d'un trio amoureux dont personne n'est sorti indemne. Une enquête inédite et méticuleuse menée par l'incomparable Christopher Wilson, qui ose lever le voile sur les désirs coupables d'un couple mythique.
Avant, il y avait deux Windsor ; désormais, ils étaient trois. Jimmy était avec le duc et la duchesse à New York, à Palm Beach, à Paris – toujours à rire, maniéré, pétillant. Jimmy avec ses blagues, Jimmy avec son argent, Jimmy avec ses histoires et ses grossièretés – Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy...
" Sulfureux "Paris Match
" L'enquête la plus complète sur les secrets de la haute société britannique. "The Times
" Les lecteurs vont adorer [...] ce récit horrible et fascinant de la relation la plus étrange et nocive de l'histoire récente. "The Observer
329 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 3, 2022
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About the author
Christopher Wilson
7 books4 followersFor 20 years a leading Fleet Street journalist with columns in The Times, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Express and Today, he is now a best-selling author whose seminal biography of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, is the acknowledged source material for all other books and TV films on the subject. The book, A Greater Love - Charles and Camilla, was turned into a top-rated TV documentary screened in the USA, UK, and 26 other countries around the world.
He is a regular contributor to TV debates and documentaries on the British royals, and he lectures widely on the subject. Currently writing a biography of the Queen’s uncle – Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-42) – his other books include:-
The Windsor Knot (2003/4/5) – the most comprehensive and authoritative account yet of the Diana/Charles/Camilla triangle. Published in North and South America, Spain, Germany, France and Japan.
Dancing With The Devil (2001) – the unknown story of the Duchess of Windsor’s love affair with gay Woolworth heir Jimmy Donahue. Currently in development as a stage musical.
A Greater Love - Charles and Camilla (1999) - the first fully-detailed account of the love affair between the royal lovers, and an authoritative biography of the hitherto-unknown Camilla Parker Bowles.
Fergie - Her Secret Life (1996) – the inside story of Sarah, Duchess of York’s love affair with Texan businessman John Bryan, and how she reinvented herself as an American icon after her divorce from the Queen’s second son (co-author Dr Allan Starkie).
Diana v Charles (1994) – the extraordinary account of how the royal couple were bugged by security services during the breakdown of their marriage (co-author James Whitaker).
In addition his other books include the highly acclaimed Absolutely Goldie (2000) which remains, despite the Oscar-winning actress’s own autobiography, the only full account of her extraordinary life; Around The World in 80 Years (2003), a biography of the Swedish shipping mogul Arne Larsson; and By Invitation Only, a satire on London society life in the Eighties.
Christopher Wilson is the co-founder of Oxford University’s journalism awards, and for his work in support of student journalism he was elected a member of the Senior Common Room at St Edmund Hall, Oxford’s oldest college. He lives near London.
(source: http://www.christopherwilson.info)
He is a regular contributor to TV debates and documentaries on the British royals, and he lectures widely on the subject. Currently writing a biography of the Queen’s uncle – Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-42) – his other books include:-
The Windsor Knot (2003/4/5) – the most comprehensive and authoritative account yet of the Diana/Charles/Camilla triangle. Published in North and South America, Spain, Germany, France and Japan.
Dancing With The Devil (2001) – the unknown story of the Duchess of Windsor’s love affair with gay Woolworth heir Jimmy Donahue. Currently in development as a stage musical.
A Greater Love - Charles and Camilla (1999) - the first fully-detailed account of the love affair between the royal lovers, and an authoritative biography of the hitherto-unknown Camilla Parker Bowles.
Fergie - Her Secret Life (1996) – the inside story of Sarah, Duchess of York’s love affair with Texan businessman John Bryan, and how she reinvented herself as an American icon after her divorce from the Queen’s second son (co-author Dr Allan Starkie).
Diana v Charles (1994) – the extraordinary account of how the royal couple were bugged by security services during the breakdown of their marriage (co-author James Whitaker).
In addition his other books include the highly acclaimed Absolutely Goldie (2000) which remains, despite the Oscar-winning actress’s own autobiography, the only full account of her extraordinary life; Around The World in 80 Years (2003), a biography of the Swedish shipping mogul Arne Larsson; and By Invitation Only, a satire on London society life in the Eighties.
Christopher Wilson is the co-founder of Oxford University’s journalism awards, and for his work in support of student journalism he was elected a member of the Senior Common Room at St Edmund Hall, Oxford’s oldest college. He lives near London.
(source: http://www.christopherwilson.info)
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