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Charles Higham presents a readable and often witty account of a golden age in archaeological excavation in Thailand.

Seine Karriere begann im Hollywood der 30er Jahre. Dort produzierte Howard Hughes Filme wie „Hell´s Angels“, „Scarface“ und „Outlaw“ ebenso erfolgreich wie Gesprächsstoff: durch seine Beziehungen zu Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn und Ava Gardner. Zu diesen Leidenschaften kam eine weitere hinzu: das Fliegen. Hughes baute eine Flugzeugfirma auf und verwirklichte 1938 seinen Traum vom Fliegen auf sensationelle Weise: Mit einer Lockhead 14 überwand er die Strecke von New York nach Paris in nur drei Tagen, neun Stunden, 17 Minuten – doppelt so schnell wie Charles Lindbergh. Als der Zweite Weltkrieg begann, baute Hughes seine Firma für militärische Zwecke aus und steigerte damit seinen Einfluss auf die amerikanische Politik. Wie groß dieser Einfluss war – auf die CIA oder die Watergate-Affäre, auf Präsident Nixon oder die Kennedys – ist bis heute nicht restlos aufgeklärt. Charles Higham entwirft in seiner Biographie das faszinierende Bild eines außergewöhnlichen Mannes.

Howard Hughes je mužem, pro kterého není žádný sen nedosažitelný. Na sklonku 20. let 20. století natáčí filmové drama z 1. světové války Pekelní andělé, které se stane legendou. Výstřední miliardář není však pouze režisérem a producentem filmů spoutávajících fantazii davů. Za svého života se stává vlastníkem legendární filmové společnosti RKO Pictures, ale hlavně průkopníkem letectví. Často s ledovým klidem balancuje na křehké hranici mezi životem a smrtí. Navíc je Howard Hughes zároveň mužem, který dokáže okouzlit nejkrásnější ženy světa - hollywoodské hvězdy Katharine Hepburn a Avu Gardner.

Katharine Hepburn first authorized Higham to interview her closest friends and colleagues about her career, life, and behind-the-scenes romantic involvements from Leland Hayward to Spencer Tracy. And in this vivid portrait, she herself tells the deeply moving story of her 25-year love affair with Tracy.

The recent death of America's most famous matriarch signals the end of an amazing era. Now, drawing on hundreds of recently declassified documents, and with the cooperation of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's relatives, among others, New York Times bestselling author Charles Higham chronicles the life of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy in this dramatic, moving biography. During her times of glory, agony and ecstasy, Rose gave birth to nine children and to an unforgettable vision of the American Dream. Deeply religious, intensely ambitious for her family, she moved through fascinating worlds: politics, big business, England as the American ambassador's wife, Hollywood, high society, and Washington's inner circles. The tragic deaths of four of her children never shook her faith; she believed despite the worst that God always held her in his hands.

Extensively documented and filled with illuminating comments from Grant's fellow actors, friends, and associates, The Lonely Heart is a fascinating and controversial portrait of an elegant, tormented man, Cary Grant.

Wallis, the Duchess of Windsor, was one of the most famous women in history, the American divorcee who captured the King of England, Edward VIII, and cost him his throne. Until Charles Higham's 1.3 million-copy bestseller, much of her life was a glamorous mystery. Now, fifteen years later, major new documentary evidence, classified at the time, makes for a book far more sensational than the original bestseller. Drawing from long-suppressed archives in France, England, and the United States, Higham has uncovered the duchess's passionate affair with a top-ranking political figure, the duke's romantic involvement with a male equerry, the secret radio broadcasts the couple made to Hitler, and the blackmail plot in Paris that almost brought them--and the British royal family--to ruin. This updated new edition of The Duchess of Windsor is essential reading.

Now, for the first time, Marlon Brando's larger-than-life story is revealed in this uncompromising, intimate, and definitive account by bestselling Hollywood biographer Charles Higham. 2-week serial in National Enquirer.