Faking It by Mandy Moore
He changed his name many times, deceived everyone he met, distanced himself from his parents and reinvented himself as an Irish baron. This is ‘Faking It’, the astonishing true story of author Mandy Moore’s relative Brian Leese. Brian began as an ordinary schoolboy from London, became a Mormon in Salt Lake City, married an Indian princess in Ischia, Italy, had bisexual affairs and partied in Rome with European royalty and famous writers. After divorcing, he married a Finnish heiress, living a life of luxury in an Irish mansion, all the while lying about his education, upbringing and parentage, and portraying himself as an Irish baron. He wrote books on Irish genealogy, architecture and history but his life was funded by horseracing crime, Nazis in the Bahamas, and American mobsters.
Mandy Moore was born in Brixton, South London, in the home of her Jewish grandfather and cockney grandmother. She lived with them for the first two years of her life, while her jazz singer mother and father toured Britain with Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight, a leading jazz band of the time. Her interest in family history led to the discovery of her mother's astonishing cousin, Brian Leese, and her decision to write this book about his life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781914913914 |
| ISBN 10 | 1914913914 |
| Titel | Faking It |
| Autor | Mandy Moore |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | The Conrad Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2022-08-17 |
| Seitenanzahl | 120 |
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