Sinatra

Sinatra

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Author: Summers & Swan

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 592


Frank Sinatra said that, as a child, he heard symphonies from the universe in his head. At twenty-five, he told a friend he planned to become the best singer in the world . Soon teenagers worldwide were behaving as though he were just that. He was the Big Bang of popular music , as U2 s Bono has put it, and he remained a towering figure for more than fifty astonishing years. The day Frank Sinatra dies, an aficionado declared in the early nineties, the 20th Century is over. It ended in 1998 by that reckoning, and six years after his death here is the landmark life story the legend deserves. Sinatra was much more than his music. He was a political maverick, lover of a multitude of women, prone to violence and most controversially linked to the Mafia. Renowned biographer Anthony Summers and co-author Robbyn Swan have worked for four years to track down the truth and unravel the mysteries. They deliver stark new facts on Sinatra s tangled relationships with U.S. presidents, interview the women in his life, and get to the heartbreaking core of the tempestuous marriage to Ava Gardner. In a sensational breakthrough, they uncover the origins of the Mafia connection, and trace



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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Summers & Swan

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 592


Frank Sinatra said that, as a child, he heard symphonies from the universe in his head. At twenty-five, he told a friend he planned to become the best singer in the world . Soon teenagers worldwide were behaving as though he were just that. He was the Big Bang of popular music , as U2 s Bono has put it, and he remained a towering figure for more than fifty astonishing years. The day Frank Sinatra dies, an aficionado declared in the early nineties, the 20th Century is over. It ended in 1998 by that reckoning, and six years after his death here is the landmark life story the legend deserves. Sinatra was much more than his music. He was a political maverick, lover of a multitude of women, prone to violence and most controversially linked to the Mafia. Renowned biographer Anthony Summers and co-author Robbyn Swan have worked for four years to track down the truth and unravel the mysteries. They deliver stark new facts on Sinatra s tangled relationships with U.S. presidents, interview the women in his life, and get to the heartbreaking core of the tempestuous marriage to Ava Gardner. In a sensational breakthrough, they uncover the origins of the Mafia connection, and trace