A lush, dramatic biographical novel of one of the most glamorous
and alluring legends of Hollywood's golden age, Marlene
Dietrich-from the gender-bending cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the
lush film studios of Hollywood, a sweeping story of passion,
glamour, ambition, art, and war from the author of Mademoiselle
Chanel. Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria
Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage. When a budding
career as a violinist is cut short, the willful teenager vows to
become a singer, trading her family's proper, middle-class society
for the free-spirited, louche world of Weimar Berlin's cabarets and
drag balls. With her sultry beauty, smoky voice, seductive silk
cocktail dresses, and androgynous tailored suits, Marlene performs
to packed houses and becomes entangled in a series of stormy love
affairs that push the boundaries of social convention. For the
beautiful, desirous Marlene, neither fame nor marriage and
motherhood can cure her wanderlust. As Hitler and the Nazis rise to
power, she sets sail for America. Rivaling the success of another
European import, Greta Garbo, Marlene quickly becomes one of
Hollywood's leading ladies, starring with legends such as Gary
Cooper, John Wayne, and Cary Grant. Desperate for her return,
Hitler tries to lure her with dazzling promises. Marlene instead
chooses to become an American citizen, and after her new nation is
forced into World War II, she tours with the USO, performing for
thousands of Allied troops in Europe and Africa. But one day she
returns to Germany. Escorted by General George Patton himself,
Marlene is heartbroken by the war's devastation and the evil legacy
of the Third Reich that has transformed her homeland and the family
she loved. An enthralling and insightful account of this
extraordinary legend, Marlene reveals the inner life of a woman of
grit, glamour, and ambition who defied convention, seduced the
world, and forged her own path on her own terms.
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