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10 hours ago · Role in the abdication crisis Chamberlain is believed to have had a significant role in the 1936 abdication crisis . He wrote in his diary that Wallis Simpson , Edward VIII's intended wife, was "an entirely unscrupulous woman who is not in love with the King but is exploiting him for her own purposes.
3 hours ago · 'At the Edge of Empire' traces China's history through Edward Wong's family : NPR's Book of the Day The central character of New York Times correspondent Ed Wong's memoir, ...
1 day ago · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
10 hours ago · The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera This Companion celebrates the extraordinary riches of the twentiethcentury operatic repertoire in a collection of specially commissioned essays written by a distinguished team of academics, critics and practitioners.
10 hours ago · Joseph Fouché 1st Duc d Otrante 1st Comte Fouché French pronunciation ʒozɛf fuʃe 21 May 1759 25 December 1820 was a Fren
