{"product_id":"9781444776478","title":"The Prince, the Princess and the Perfect Murder","description":"Author: Andrew Rose\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781444776478\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Apr 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf a century before Dodi and Diana, another Prince of Wales would be involved in a deadly love triangle with a fabulously wealthy Egyptian 'prince'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrince Edward was the future King of England, a destiny he would famously forsake over his love for Wallis Simpson. But two decades prior, he was involved in another love affair that threatened to jeopardize the royal family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis story takes place in maisons de rendezvous, luxurious chateaux in the French countryside providing hospitality for the British upper classes along with the richest food, the finest wines and the most beautiful women; in the violent and dangerous Paris \u003ci\u003edemi-monde\u003c\/i\u003e - where many of those beautiful women came from; and in the Savoy hotel in London, where a murder was committed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis major royal scandal, superbly covered up by the Royal family, the government and the judiciary, has remained secret ever since.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of a passionate and deadly love affair set against the dramatic backdrop of the Great War. Edward was enthralled by the 'crazy physical attraction' of Marguerite Alibert, queen of the Paris \u003ci\u003edemi-monde. \u003c\/i\u003eWhen he broke off their hidden relationship, Edward thought that he was free of Marguerite. He was wrong. After the war, as a violent thunderstorm raged outside the luxurious Savoy Hotel in London Marguerite fired three shots from a semi-automatic pistol. Her husband, an Egyptian multimillionaire and playboy, was shot dead at point blank range, and Marguerite was arrested and placed on trial for murder at the Old Bailey. Edward, as Prince Charming and poster boy of the British Empire, now risked exposure as a degenerate wastrel, partying behind the lines while thousands were blown away on the Western Front.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndrew Rose, using his long experience as a barrister and judge, has uncovered a royal scandal carefully airbrushed from history. Edward never quite escaped from Marguerite who had taught the arts of love to a once and future King.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prince, the Princess and the Perfect Murder\u003c\/i\u003e is the product of several years' research, accessing unpublished documents held in the Royal Archives and private collections in England and France.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919414837406,"sku":"ING-9781444776478","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781444776478.jpg?v=1782811368","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781444776478","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}