Rachel Trethewey: Before Wallis [2018] hardback USHIS The poet was formed by

The poet was formed by his English experience as much as his Irish

Struggling to study

delving into long-hidden archives to find the human story behind a very modern haunting

unusual book needs to exist

Using source material from both sides of the Atlantic

Rachel Trethewey: Before Wallis [2018] hardback USHIS The poet was formed byWallis Simpson is known as the woman who stole the king's heart and rocked the monarchy but she was not Edward VIII's first or only love. This book is about the women he adored before Wallis dominated his life. There was Rosemary Leveson Gower, the girl he wanted to marry and who would have been the perfect match for a future king; and the Prince's long term mistress, Freda Dudley Ward, who exerted a pull almost equal to Wallis over her lover, but