Enchantment
The Life of Audrey Hepburn
$37.57
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2007
Summary
Born in Brussels in 1929, Audrey Hepburn was the daughter of a British father and a Dutch Baroness. But when she was five, her father deserted the family. With the outbreak of war in 1939, her mother thought they would be safer in Holland than Holland Park, but although they survived the German Occupation, the experience left its physical and emotional scars.
Back in England again, Audrey studied ballet with Marie Rambert. After a few West End musicals and minor film parts, she was sp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099487043 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099487047 |
| Author: | Donald Spoto |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 21mm |
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Spoto has a Hollywood knack of spinning a good yarn … What he delivers, with great vim and verbal rhythm, is a portrait of a cherished actress who led a seemingly blameless life
Spoto has a Hollywood knack of spinning a good yarn … What he delivers, with great vim and verbal rhythm, is a portrait of a cherished actress who led a seemingly blameless life * The Times *Immensely readable … Donald Spoto captures the spirit of this enigmatic woman through her life and loves * Daily Express *The enchantment survives, unalloyed * Literary Review *Spoto’s elegant prose is a perfect match for a subject who has always been a byword for elegance * Sunday Times *Spoto’s sympathetic but frank biography leaves her less of an enigma but her magic remains untarnished * Sunday Tribune *An engrossing read, capturing a life that was dramatic, hilarious, tragic and profound * Belfast Telegraph *
About The Author
Donald Spoto
Donald Spoto was born near New York City in 1941 and received his PhD degree from Fordham University in 1970. He is the author of 27 books, including internationally bestselling biographies of Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe and Ingrid Bergman. He is married to the Danish school administrator and artist Ole Flemming Larsen. They live in a quiet village an hour’s drive from Copenhagen.
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