Her Lotus Year: The Pearl River

In November 1924 Wallis arrived, courtesy of the Royal Navy (and therein lies a tale!), in Canton (Guangzhou), steaming up the mighty Pearl River to the foreign enclave of Shamian Island. Due to fighting in the city she stayed in the enclave and only saw the great city from the deck of the ship…

Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties and the Making of Wallis Simpson is available everywhere in hardback, e-book and audiobook now…