Mountbattens: The Lives and Loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten Diane Ehrensaft PhD and won both the National

and won both the National Book Award and the John Burroughs Medal

edited memories

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Through a fascinating combination of memoir and legal insight

Mountbattens: The Lives and Loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten Diane Ehrensaft PhD and won both the NationalThe intimate story of a unique marriage spanning the heights of British glamour and power that descends into infidelity, manipulation, and disaster through the heart of the twentieth century. DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name, he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India.