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Charles Higham

    February 18, 1931 – April 21, 2012

    Charles Higham was an author and poet whose work received recognition such as the Prix des Créateurs of the Académie Française and the Poetry Society of London Prize.

    Charles Higham
    Kate
    The life and times of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
    Orson Welles
    Wallis
    Brando
    Digging Deep
    • 2022

      Charles Higham presents a readable and often witty account of a golden age in archaeological excavation in Thailand.

      Digging Deep
    • 2005

      Seine Karriere begann im Hollywood der 30er Jahre. Dort produzierte Howard Hughes Filme wie „Hell´s Angels“, „Scarface“ und „Outlaw“ ebenso erfolgreich wie Gesprächsstoff: durch seine Beziehungen zu Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn und Ava Gardner. Zu diesen Leidenschaften kam eine weitere hinzu: das Fliegen. Hughes baute eine Flugzeugfirma auf und verwirklichte 1938 seinen Traum vom Fliegen auf sensationelle Weise: Mit einer Lockhead 14 überwand er die Strecke von New York nach Paris in nur drei Tagen, neun Stunden, 17 Minuten – doppelt so schnell wie Charles Lindbergh. Als der Zweite Weltkrieg begann, baute Hughes seine Firma für militärische Zwecke aus und steigerte damit seinen Einfluss auf die amerikanische Politik. Wie groß dieser Einfluss war – auf die CIA oder die Watergate-Affäre, auf Präsident Nixon oder die Kennedys – ist bis heute nicht restlos aufgeklärt. Charles Higham entwirft in seiner Biographie das faszinierende Bild eines außergewöhnlichen Mannes.

      Das geheime Leben des Howard Hughes
    • 2005

      Howard Hughes je mužem, pro kterého není žádný sen nedosažitelný. Na sklonku 20. let 20. století natáčí filmové drama z 1. světové války Pekelní andělé, které se stane legendou. Výstřední miliardář není však pouze režisérem a producentem filmů spoutávajících fantazii davů. Za svého života se stává vlastníkem legendární filmové společnosti RKO Pictures, ale hlavně průkopníkem letectví. Často s ledovým klidem balancuje na křehké hranici mezi životem a smrtí. Navíc je Howard Hughes zároveň mužem, který dokáže okouzlit nejkrásnější ženy světa - hollywoodské hvězdy Katharine Hepburn a Avu Gardner.

      Letec: Utajený život Howarda Hughese
    • 2004

      Kate

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.6(114)Add rating

      Katharine Hepburn first authorized Higham to interview her closest friends and colleagues about her career, life, and behind-the-scenes romantic involvements from Leland Hayward to Spencer Tracy. And in this vivid portrait, she herself tells the deeply moving story of her 25-year love affair with Tracy.

      Kate
    • 1995

      The recent death of America's most famous matriarch signals the end of an amazing era. Now, drawing on hundreds of recently declassified documents, and with the cooperation of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's relatives, among others, New York Times bestselling author Charles Higham chronicles the life of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy in this dramatic, moving biography. During her times of glory, agony and ecstasy, Rose gave birth to nine children and to an unforgettable vision of the American Dream. Deeply religious, intensely ambitious for her family, she moved through fascinating worlds: politics, big business, England as the American ambassador's wife, Hollywood, high society, and Washington's inner circles. The tragic deaths of four of her children never shook her faith; she believed despite the worst that God always held her in his hands.

      The life and times of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
    • 1993

      Merchant of Dreams

      Louis B. Mayer, M.G.M., And The Secret Hollywood

      • 488 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      At its peak in the 1930s and '40s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer could boast of having "more stars than the heavens", including Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Elizabeth Taylor, all of whom owed their careers to Louis B. Mayer. Now a bestselling biographer fully reveals this complex merchant of dreams. Photos.

      Merchant of Dreams
    • 1989

      Cary Grant

      The Lonely Heart

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      Cary Grant
    • 1989
    • 1989

      Cary Grant. The Lonely Heart

      • 358 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      2.9(22)Add rating

      Extensively documented and filled with illuminating comments from Grant's fellow actors, friends, and associates, The Lonely Heart is a fascinating and controversial portrait of an elegant, tormented man, Cary Grant.

      Cary Grant. The Lonely Heart