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Edward &amp; Mrs. Simpson
Edward & Mrs. Simpson is a seven-part British television series that dramatises the events leading to the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.
The series, made by Thames Television for ITV, was originally broadcast in 1978. Edward Fox played Edward, and Cynthia Harris portrayed Mrs. Simpson. The series was scripted by Simon Raven, based on Fox's maternal aunt Frances Donaldson's biography of the King, "
"Child of the Twenties" (1962)
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- "Evelyn Waugh: Portrait of a Country Neighbour" (1967) — Not intended as a comprehensive biography, but certainly an interesting perspective on Waugh's life.
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- "Edward VIII" (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974) — Won the Wolfson History Prize in 1974, and was the basis for the six-part television series "Edward & Mrs. Simpson"