An explosive account that looks behind the façade of a celebrated Go where no other Mountbatten biography has gone before. The book promises scandal and does not disappoint. «A well-balanced portrait of flawed individuals. It is vivid, well balanced and often sympathetic» «By dint of prodigious research, Lownie has stripped away the accretions of fable and fiction to give us an unvarnished double «Well-researched, enjoyable, revealing» The Oldie «A compelling new biography.superbly researched» Daily Express «A page-turner which is also a carefully researched work of history» Spectator «A study in aggressive social climbing quick-moving fluency» Sunday Times impressively well-researched» Daily Mail, Biography of the Year Lownie is an unusual biographer in that he is at once a great investigative journalist, «full of detail and insight and is written in a clear, unshowy style.» The Lady «'"The Mountbattens" is most compelling as a strangely sweet tale of open marriage.'» New York Times Book of the Year History - including Royal landmarks - at first hand» «A well-researched deep-dive into the lives of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten, a couple who witnessed much of the 20th Century's «Everything a top-notch biography should be» Budapest Times «Scrupulous and comprehensive» The Week on Stalin's Englishmen a narrative as gripping as a thriller» Daily Express on Stalin's Englishmen ![]() «Lownie certainly knows what makes a good book, and in Stalin's Englishman he has delivered one of his own - many times over» Independent on Stalin's Englishmen «A meticulously researched biography.an astonishing piece of research» Sunday Times on Stalin's Englishmen «Exhaustively researched and absorbing book» New Statesman on Stalin's Englishman « manages to convey the charm as well as the turpitude» Craig Brown on Stalin's Englishmen «Shrewd, thorough, revelatory» William Boyd on Stalin's Englishmen «A remarkable and definitive portrait» Frederick Forsyth on Stalin's Englishman ![]() ![]() «An audacious, myth-busting book by a master biographer (determined to get to the truth).» Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang, author The Last Vicereine «A brilliant book! Here's 'Uncle Dickie' as he's never been revealed before» Robert Lacey «Well-written and reads very easily.a valuable warts and all portrait of a couple who were centre stage in British public Readers will be astounded by the intrigues and accomplishments of this remarkable couple.» Publishers Weekly «Acute observations, careful analysis and skilful articulation» Royal History Geeks 'A page-turner which is also a carefully researched work of history' Spectator Historian Andrew Lownie sheds new light on this remarkable couple. ![]() Interviews, research from dozens of archives and new information released under Freedom of Information requests, prize-winning Partition, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru, and Mountbatten's assassination in 1979? One of the outstanding leaders of his generation, or a man over-promoted because of his royal birth, high-level connections,įilm-star looks and ruthless self-promotion? What is the true story behind controversies such as the Dieppe Raid and Indian High society to the South of France, from the battlefields of Burma to the Viceroy's House, The Mountbattens is a rich andįilmic story of a powerful partnership, revealing the truth behind a carefully curated legend. She emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker loved around the world. Royal Family taking the Mountbatten name, he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the lastĮDWINA MOUNTBATTEN: Once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, impressively well-researched' Daily Mail, Biography of the Yearīestselling biography of the glamorous couple behind the modern royal family, the aunt and uncle of Prince Philip.ĭICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the
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