Adrian Phillips
2) The king who had to go: Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the hidden politics of the abdication crisis
Author
Publisher
Biteback Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The previously untold story of the hidden politics that went on behind the scenes during the handling of the Royal abdication crisis of 1936.
The King Who Had to Go describes the harsh realities of how the machinery of government responds when even the King steps out of line. It reveals the pitiless and insidious battles in Westminster and Whitehall that settled the fate of the King and Mrs Simpson. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin had to fight against...
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
These stories take you across five continents. With plenty of adventurous travel, including trekking with tots in the Himalayas, sailing en famille across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first circumnavigation of Mauritius by bicycle. Find out what happened when a father inadvertently took his daughters to a brothel, and read how one family turned up six hours early for a flight... and still managed to miss it. Joing families paddling with crocodiles...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Based on remarkable real-life stories, this gripping drama series follows the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service as they navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend to across some of the most beautiful and inhospitable places in the Australian outback. Dr. Eliza Herrod is escaping her past when she joins the RFDS on a fateful day when a catastrophic emergency retrieval hits the...