Donald Spoto Livres

Voici la première biographie exhaustive de Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, depuis sa disparition en 1994. L'auteur, Donald Spoto, a pu avoir accès à des archives privées. Il s'est aussi entretenu avec des proches de Jackie Kennedy. On découvrira, dans ce livre, celle qui, pendant vingt-quatre ans, s'appela Mademoiselle Bouvier, puis, pendant quinze ans, Madame Kennedy et enfin, pendant vingt-cinq ans, Madame Onassis. En réalité, pendant toutes ces années, pour ses proches, ses amis, ses relations, elle fut simplement " Jackie ". Cet ouvrage contient de surprenantes révélations sur ce que furent ses mariages avec un futur président des Etats-Unis puis avec l'un des hommes les plus riches du monde. La troisième partie du livre est consacrée aux dernières années de la vie de Jackie, à la fois éditrice passionnée et imaginative, mère de famille et grand-mère épanouie. Jackie, le roman d'un destin est la plus émouvante, la plus inspirée, la plus poignante histoire d'une femme qui sut fasciner l'Amérique puis le monde avant d'entrer dans la légende du XXème siècle à la suite de la tragédie de Dallas.

La couverture porte en sous-titre : Histoire d'une femme d'exception.

This is the first complete, critical biography of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), one of America's finest playwrights and the author of (among many important works) The Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smoke, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer, and The Night of the Iguana. Award-winning biographer Donald Spoto gives us not only a full and accurate account of Williams's life, he also reveals the intimate connections between the playwright's personal dramas and his remarkably autobiographical art. From his birth into a genteel Southern family, through his success, celebrity, and wealth, to his drug addictions, promiscuity, and creative struggles, Tennessee Williams lived a life as gripping as his plays. The Kindness of Strangers, based on Williams's own papers, his mother's diaries, and interviews with scores of friends, lovers, and professional associates, is, in the author's words, a portrait of "a man more disturbing, more dramatic, richer and more wonderful than any character he created."

Based on her personal archive of over 35,000 pages of documents - including letters, diaries, billets doux and suicide notes - as well as extensive interviews with friends and colleagues, this biography of Marilyn Monroe rejects many myths about her dramatic childhood, her marriages, and her relationships with Hollywood moguls, politicians, poets, artists and statesmen. It also offers evidence of the truth behind her death.

The first full biography of Jackie Onassis since her death offers revelations about her life and the life of JFK, chronicling her work as a mother, editor, and spiritual seeker.

A long-time teacher of theology offers another biography of Jesus, debunking attempts to paint him as a mere historical figure and arguing that he was the human incarnation of God. Reprint. 40,000 first printing. Tour.

Biography of the Royal Family of Great Britain from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II that reveals new information about many family members and examines the difficulties that celebrity status has brought to the family.