{"product_id":"9780099487043-enchantment","title":"Enchantment","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Life of Audrey Hepburn\u003cbr\u003eIt won her an Oscar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe went on to bring her unique grace and high spirits to a number of highly acclaimed films - from \u003ci\u003eFunny Face\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nun's Sto\u003c\/i\u003ery to \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRobin and Marian.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a while it looked as though her personal life would follow the Hollywood dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Brussels in 1929, Audrey Hepburn was the daughter of a British father and a Dutch Baroness. But when she was five, her father deserted the family. With the outbreak of war in 1939, her mother thought they would be safer in Holland than Holland Park, but although they survived the German Occupation, the experience left its physical and emotional scars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack in England again, Audrey studied ballet with Marie Rambert. After a few West End musicals and minor film parts, she was spotted by the author, Colette, to star in a stage version of her novel, \u003ci\u003eGigi\u003c\/i\u003e. And then Audrey's career took off. Her debut screen role was the Princess in the enchanting \u003ci\u003eRoman Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e. It won her an Oscar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe went on to bring her unique grace and high spirits to a number of highly acclaimed films - from \u003ci\u003eFunny Face\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nun's Sto\u003c\/i\u003ery to \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRobin and Marian.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a while it looked as though her personal life would follow the Hollywood dream. But her marriage to Mel Ferrer was not to last. She married and divorced a second time, and there were other passionate but short-lived affairs, some revealed for the first time in this book, but her relationships were never entirely successful. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith all the insight, background knowledge and innate sympathy for his subject, qualities that have made his biographies of Hitchcock, Dietrich, Monroe and Bergman such international successes, Donald Spoto truly captures the spirit of an elusive, beautiful, talented and vulnerable woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943018049633,"sku":"9780099487043","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32335018.jpg?v=1737187044","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099487043-enchantment","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}