Cardus' account of the 1936-37 Ashes tour gives rein to his desire to write about more than just the cricket Letters from an autocrat An expertly compiled collection of Allen's letters home from the ...
On 11 December 1936 the former King Edward VIII spoke to a stunned nation and announced that he had abdicated the throne in favour of his brother, so as to be free to marry the woman he loved - Mrs ...