The Divine Garbo
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
She was the most enigmatic star Hollywood ever produced — a woman whose beauty was matched only by her ferocious desire for privacy, and whose performances left audiences breathless across two continents. The Divine Garbo chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Greta Garbo, the Swedish-born actress who ascended from poverty in Stockholm to become the undisputed queen of Hollywood's Golden Age, captivating the world in iconic films such as Anna Karenina, Camille, and Ninotchka. Written by Frederick Sands and Sven Broman, two journalists with privileged access to those closest to her inner circle, this authoritative biography uncovers the real woman behind the myth — her turbulent romances, her sudden and permanent retirement at just 36, and the decades of self-imposed solitude that only deepened the legend. Rich in rare anecdotes and illustrated with stunning photographs from the golden era of cinema, this volume presents Garbo not merely as a screen idol but as a complex, fiercely intelligent woman who refused to be owned by fame. Sands and Broman write with both journalistic rigour and genuine admiration, constructing a portrait that is as nuanced as its subject — capturing the contradictions of a woman who gave everything on screen and nothing to the world offstage. For devotees of classic Hollywood and students of twentieth-century cultural history alike, this remains one of the most intimate and revelatory accounts of a star who, even in absence, was impossible to forget.
Author: Frederick Sands And Sven Broman
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
She was the most enigmatic star Hollywood ever produced — a woman whose beauty was matched only by her ferocious desire for privacy, and whose performances left audiences breathless across two continents. The Divine Garbo chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Greta Garbo, the Swedish-born actress who ascended from poverty in Stockholm to become the undisputed queen of Hollywood's Golden Age, captivating the world in iconic films such as Anna Karenina, Camille, and Ninotchka. Written by Frederick Sands and Sven Broman, two journalists with privileged access to those closest to her inner circle, this authoritative biography uncovers the real woman behind the myth — her turbulent romances, her sudden and permanent retirement at just 36, and the decades of self-imposed solitude that only deepened the legend. Rich in rare anecdotes and illustrated with stunning photographs from the golden era of cinema, this volume presents Garbo not merely as a screen idol but as a complex, fiercely intelligent woman who refused to be owned by fame. Sands and Broman write with both journalistic rigour and genuine admiration, constructing a portrait that is as nuanced as its subject — capturing the contradictions of a woman who gave everything on screen and nothing to the world offstage. For devotees of classic Hollywood and students of twentieth-century cultural history alike, this remains one of the most intimate and revelatory accounts of a star who, even in absence, was impossible to forget.