Ava Gardner
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
She was the most beautiful woman in the world — a tobacco farmer's daughter from North Carolina who became one of Hollywood's most luminous and untameable stars. John Daniell's Ava Gardner chronicles the extraordinary life of Ava Lavinia Gardner, tracing her meteoric rise from poverty and obscurity to the gilded heights of Hollywood's Golden Age, where she reigned alongside giants like Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable, and Humphrey Bogart. With unflinching candour, Daniell presents a portrait of a woman whose raw, magnetic beauty was matched only by her fierce independence, tumultuous romances, and legendary defiance of the Hollywood studio machine. Beyond the glitter and scandal, this biography illuminates the deeper contradictions of a woman who loathed the very fame she commanded, ultimately retreating from Los Angeles to Madrid and later London in search of a quieter, more authentic existence. Daniell's narrative style is intimate and richly detailed, drawing on the full sweep of Ava's personal and professional life to argue that she was far more than a screen goddess — she was a singular force of nature whose complexity Hollywood never truly knew how to contain. For anyone captivated by the mythology of Old Hollywood and the women who both built and broke it, this account of Ava Gardner's life will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the price of beauty and fame.
Author: John Daniell
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
She was the most beautiful woman in the world — a tobacco farmer's daughter from North Carolina who became one of Hollywood's most luminous and untameable stars. John Daniell's Ava Gardner chronicles the extraordinary life of Ava Lavinia Gardner, tracing her meteoric rise from poverty and obscurity to the gilded heights of Hollywood's Golden Age, where she reigned alongside giants like Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable, and Humphrey Bogart. With unflinching candour, Daniell presents a portrait of a woman whose raw, magnetic beauty was matched only by her fierce independence, tumultuous romances, and legendary defiance of the Hollywood studio machine. Beyond the glitter and scandal, this biography illuminates the deeper contradictions of a woman who loathed the very fame she commanded, ultimately retreating from Los Angeles to Madrid and later London in search of a quieter, more authentic existence. Daniell's narrative style is intimate and richly detailed, drawing on the full sweep of Ava's personal and professional life to argue that she was far more than a screen goddess — she was a singular force of nature whose complexity Hollywood never truly knew how to contain. For anyone captivated by the mythology of Old Hollywood and the women who both built and broke it, this account of Ava Gardner's life will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the price of beauty and fame.