Loving Garbo by Hugo Vickers

Loving Garbo by Hugo Vickers

Greta Garbo's enduring legend derives from her incandescent performances as a woman in love in such classics as Camille, Queen Christina and Grand Hotel. For half a century her apparently reclusive existence enhanced her reputation as a remote and enigmatic screen goddess. Now, in this beautifully illustrated book, Hugo Vickers tells the remarkable story of Greta Garbo and of the two love affairs that dominated her life: with Cecil Beaton and the notorious Mercedes de Acosta. It is a highly revealing portait of an exotic world - at its centre, an enthrallign and demanding star who gave little in return.

Hugely ambitious.. Vickers's triumph has been to weave the lives of three bisexual, egotistical monsters into an utterly enthralling narrative. -- Sheridan Morley * Sunday Times *
This enticing book... is wonderful. * Observer *
Immensely entertaining. -- Alexander Walker * Evening Standard *

Hugo Vickers is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and an acknowledged expert on the Royal Family, appearing regularly on television. He has written biographies of the Queen Mother, Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece; Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough (The Sphinx), Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh and others. He explored the Duchess of Windsor’s house when writing The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (1995). He collaborated with HRH The Duke of Kent on A Royal Life. His book The Kiss won the 1996 Stern Silver Pen for non-fiction. Hugo Vickers lives between London and Wiltshire and has two sons and a daughter.

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ISBN 13	9780712659499
ISBN 10	0712659498
Title	Loving Garbo
Author	Hugo Vickers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage
Year published	1995-03-02
Number of pages	288
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