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The classic, definitive biography of Marilyn Monroe, now updated in the year of the 50th anniversary of the iconic star's death She was born Norma Jeane but the world knew and loved her as Marilyn. Her life was one of unprecedented fame and private misery, her death a tragedy surrounded by mysteries. Drawing on first-hand interviews Anthony Summers offers both a classic biography and a shockingly revealing account of the screen goddess's relations with John and Robert Kennedy. 'The definitive story of the legend ... more convincing at every page - told with all the coldness of truth and the authority of the historian, but at the end of it we still love Marilyn' Maeve Binchy, Irish Times
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Goddess, Anthony Summers
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- Released
- 1973
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- Title
- Goddess
- Subtitle
- The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anthony Summers
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Released
- 1973
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Filmthema, Film, Actors and Actresses, Women's Biographies, Biographical novels, Actors' Biographies, Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962
- First published
- 1999
- Original title
- Goddess : The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- The classic, definitive biography of Marilyn Monroe, now updated in the year of the 50th anniversary of the iconic star's death She was born Norma Jeane but the world knew and loved her as Marilyn. Her life was one of unprecedented fame and private misery, her death a tragedy surrounded by mysteries. Drawing on first-hand interviews Anthony Summers offers both a classic biography and a shockingly revealing account of the screen goddess's relations with John and Robert Kennedy. 'The definitive story of the legend ... more convincing at every page - told with all the coldness of truth and the authority of the historian, but at the end of it we still love Marilyn' Maeve Binchy, Irish Times