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A lush, dramatic biographical novel of one of the most glamorous and alluring legends of Hollywoods golden age, Marlene Dietrichfrom the gender-bending cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the lush film studios of Hollywood, a sweeping story of passion, glamour, ambition, art, and war from the author of Mademoiselle Chanel. Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage. When a budding career as a violinist is cut short, the willful teenager vows to become a singer, trading her familys proper, middle-class society for the free-spirited, louche world of Weimar Berlins cabarets and drag balls. With her sultry beauty, smoky voice, seductive silk cocktail dresses, and androgynous tailored suits, Marlene performs to packed houses and becomes entangled in a series of stormy love affairs that push the boundaries of social convention. For the beautiful, desirous Marlene, neither fame nor marriage and motherhood can cure her wanderlust. As Hitler and the Nazis rise to power, she sets sail for America. Rivaling the success of another European import, Greta Garbo, Marlene quickly becomes one of Hollywoods leading ladies, starring with

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Author

Gortner, C. W.

Publisher

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062406071

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Memoir