Rage for Fame
The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce
$35.88
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2014
Summary
Timed to coincide with the publication of Price of Fame, the second volume of Clare Boothe Luce’s life, this reissue of Rage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce tells the fascinating story of a determined young woman who would use any means - her beauty, her formidable intellect, her razor-sharp wit - to obtain fame and fortune.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
“Her technique was simple: aim for the top,” an envious colleague wrote of Clare Boothe Luce. No…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812992496 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0812992490 |
| Author: | Sylvia Jukes Morris |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 131mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“A model biography … the sort that only real writers can write.” –Gore Vidal, The New Yorker
“A model biography … the sort that only real writers can write.”—Gore Vidal, The New Yorker
“[The] riveting first part of a two-volume biography … Relentlessly candid, meticulously documented, Morris’s book traces [Clare Boothe] Luce’s rocketing rise from illegitimacy and poverty to wealth, power and fame.”—Hartford Courant
“Powerful and resonant, admiring at times, always critical, at times searing, but ultimately fair.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Crammed with enough drama for several mini-series.”—The New York Times
“An important book about an important figure … a stunning feat of biography.”—Forbes
“A dishy biography that is also a formidable work of research.”—Slate
“One of those rare books where the reader dreads the final page.”—Newport News Daily Press
Sylvia Jukes Morris
Sylvia Jukes Morris was born and educated in England, where she taught English literature before immigrating to America. She is the author of Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady, and is married to the writer Edmund Morris. They live in New York City and Kent, Connecticut.
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