The Roosevelts and the Royals

Will Swift (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2004
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-45962-0 (ISBN)

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Will Swift presents an account of the relationship of the Roosevelts with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, arguing that it had a major influence on relations between the U.S. and Great Britain during the 1940s.

The first book on Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's extraordinary relationship with the King and Queen of England In June of 1939, just three months before the outbreak of the Second World War, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain paid a visit to the United States - the first time a British monarch had ever set foot on American soil - at a time when American isolationists were opposed to helping Britain fight the Nazis. Their hosts were Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, who honored them with a state dinner in Washington and an intimate sojourn at the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York, where the King and Queen were served hot dogs at a famous picnic. For the first time, The Roosevelts and the Royals tells the story of the friendship that developed between the two couples - and nations. The book traces the early years and development of all four colorful and complex main characters, and it shows how the challenging Roosevelt-Windsor alliance survived even after the war. Filled with extraordinary anecdotes, some of them shared with the author by the Queen Mother, the book is illustrated with rare photographs.
Will Swift (New York, NY) has written on royal history for twenty years in Majesty magazine and other publications. He curated a New York exhibition celebrating the Queen Mother's 100th birthday.

WILL SWIFT, Ph.D., writes on American leaders and British royalty of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is also a practicing clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive and marital therapy. Swift founded the Royalty Bookshop in Manhattan and the royal history and collecting journal Sceptre, and he has curated several major exhibitions on royal history, including one celebrating the Queen Mother's 100th birthday in 2000. Swift lives in Manhattan and in the historic Nathan Wild House, once visited by FDR, in Valatie, New York. His Web site is www willswift.com.

Preface. Acknowledgments. Prologue: A Picnic Savored around the World. 1. Eleanor and Franklin, 1882-1918. 2. Bertie and Elizabeth, 1895-1920. 3. A Radical Partnership, 1920-1934. 4. The Happy Yorks, 1920-1933. 5. Rocking the World, 1934-1938. 6. Joining Forces, January 1938-April 1939. 7. A Genius for Publicity, May 1-June 7, 1939. 8. Conquering Washington, June 8-9, 1939. 9. Hot Dog Diplomacy, June 10-11, 1939. 10. "Our Hearts Are Near Breaking", June 1939-November 1940. 11. The Propaganda Campaign, November 1940-December 1941. 12. Hitting Close to Home, January-October 1942. 13. Eleanor in England, 1942. 14. A Perfect Team, January 1943-July 1944. 15. Death Before Victory, July 1944-April 1945. 16. Starting Over, April 1945-November 1947. 17. Walking with Death, April 1948-February 1952. 18. First Ladies of the World, February 1952-November 1954. 19. Valiant for Friendship, February 1954-August 1967. Epilogue: The Lessons of History. Notes. Bibliography. Photo Credits. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.7.2004
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-471-45962-3 / 0471459623
ISBN-13	978-0-471-45962-0 / 9780471459620
Zustand	Neuware