The Mountbattens, their lives and loves

Résumé : From British high society to the South of France, from the battlefields of Burma to the Viceroy's House, The Mountbattens is a rich story of a powerful partnership, revealing the truth behind a carefully curated legend. Was Mountbatten one of the outstanding leaders of his generation, or a man over-promoted due to his royal birth and ruthless self-promotion ? What is the true story behind the Dieppe raid and Indian Partitio, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru and Mountbatten's assassination in 1979 ? Base on over 100 interviews, research from dozens of archives and new information released under Freedom of Information requests, prize-winning historian Andrew Lownies sheds new light on this remarkable couple.