June 25th

In 1936, one of the most highly publicized romances of our time, an American divorcee, Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, prompted the uncrowned king of England, Edward VIII, to give up the throne because of his love for her; less than half a century before, however, Charles Stewart Parnell, "the Uncrowned King of Ireland," sacrificed his political career and spun irrevocably the … [Read more...] about Parnell and Kitty: A Love Story