The Darkness of Wallis Simpson Rose Tremain

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The Darkness of Wallis Simpson by Rose Tremain

A masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling Rose Tremain.

Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward Vlll abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in her Paris flat, closely guarded by her lawyer who will not allow her any visitors. An East German border guard, redundant after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tries to reach Russia by bicycling across the hostile wastes of Poland.A jilted man gets his revenge. A baby grows wings. A character in an Impressionist painting escapes from his 'frame' - or does he?

'Moving and tragic... The darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection' Daily Express

'Classic, breathtaking Tremain' Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year

'Mordantly perceptive tales' Sunday Times

The Darkness of Wallis Simpson Reviews

Classic, breathtaking Tremain * Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year *
Mordantly perceptive tales * Sunday Times *
Moving and tragic...the darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection * Express *
Written with the deft imagination we've come to know and love from Rose Tremain * Good Housekeeping *
A distinguished collection -- Stephanie Cross * Observer *

About Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Islands of Mercy. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.

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GOR001253810

ISBN 13

9780099268567

ISBN 10

0099268566

Title

The Darkness of Wallis Simpson by Rose Tremain

Author

Rose Tremain

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

20060921

Number of pages

224

Prizes

N/A

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