Behind Closed Doors

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Behind Closed Doors is written by Hugo Vickers and published by Random House. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0099547228 (ISBN 10) and 9780099547228 (ISBN 13).

The author has had a fascination with the story of the Duchess of Windsor since he was a young man. This book brings a fresh perspective on the story by focussing on the later years of exile: the criminal exploitation of an old sick woman after the death of her husband. She was ruthlessly exploited by a French lawyer called Suzanne Blum. Some members of the Royal Family, like Mountbatten and the Queen Mother, don't emerge with much credit, either. Using previously unpublished papers and other personal testaments, Hugo Vickers relates a tragic story which has lost none of its resonance over the years since the Duchess died in 1986.