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Article: The Abdication revisited.(The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication)(Book Review)

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March 1, 2004
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The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication. Susan Williams. Allen Lane. [pounds sterling]16.99. xxiv + 375 pages. ISBN 0-713-99573-4.

The title of this book indicates its approach. The term, 'people's', indicates what might be called a 'new labour' slant. The use of 'true' implies that other books have hidden vital aspects or distorted the 'truth'. Miss Williams sets out to argue a case and organises her material to achieve that aim. Were she a barrister this method would be acceptable. In an historian it is not.

To do her credit, she has obviously spent many days labouring away in various archives, from Windsor Castle to the P.R.O., the ...

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