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Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr - Softcover

Porter, Margaret

 
9780990742036: Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0990742032 ISBN 13: 9780990742036
Verlag: Gallica Press, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Hollywood Beauty. Brilliant inventor. The incredible story of a remarkable and misunderstood woman.Hedy Kiesler, Austrian actress of Jewish heritage, scandalizes Europe with her nudity in the art film Ecstasy. Her hasty marriage to a wealthy munitions merchant disintegrates as he grows increasingly controlling and possessive. Even worse—he supplies deadly weapons to Hitler’s regime.She flees husband and homeland for Hollywood, where Louis B. Mayer transforms her into Hedy Lamarr, an icon of exotic glamour. Professional success clashes with her personal life as marriage and motherhood compete with the demands of studio and stardom. Motivated by the atrocities of World War II, Hedy secretly invents a new technology intended for her adopted country’s defense—and unexpectedly changes the world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

MARGARET PORTER is the author of thirteen historical novels for various publishers, including several bestsellers and award-winners, and many foreign language editions. She studied British history in the U.K. and afterwards worked in theatre, film and television. Margaret and her husband live in New England with their two dogs, dividing their time between a book-filled house in a small city and a waterfront cottage on one of the region's largest lakes. More information is available at www.margaretporter.com.

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Verlag
Gallica Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0990742032
ISBN 13 
9780990742036
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
378
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