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Grace: the Secret Lives of a Princess - James Spada

Description: ISBN 0140107452 / Author: James Spada / Genre: Biography

Newest Review: ... in her childhood: she went into films because she wanted to become a star, and she wanted to become a star to make her father ... more

... proud of her. When that didn't work, she left films and married Prince Rainier of Monaco to become another kind of star, again to make her father proud of her. Again it didn't work, and Spada says that she was deeply unhappy in Monaco, where she was isolated and friendless, never comfortable speaking French, and taking a long time to win the trust and affection of her subjects. In later years, after the death of her father, new troubles came to her from her children, who rebelled against the very care an...more

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	Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess Pages: 346, Hardcover, Dolphin Books Last Update 27.11.2009 05:48	£ 48.92
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Grace: the Secret Lives of a Princess - James Spada: Monaco's Ice-Maiden (706 words)
by - written on 08/10/00 (Very useful, 147 readings)
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This is the book that destroyed the myth of Grace Kelly as the flawless ice-maiden whose beauty, poise, and elegance were for display only, not for touching, and even now many of her fans refuse to accept what Spada's research is supposed to have uncovered about her. They're almost certainly wrong: it seems pretty certain that she had affairs with Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, and William Holden, among the still famous actors of her day, as well as with other men who weren't famous then and are not famous now. But Spada is careful to emphasize that she wasn't promiscuous: she had affairs because she fell in love with the men first, and if she fell in ... Read the complete review