Marlene
(Large Print)

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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
ISBN
9781410493606, 1410493601
Physical Desc
685 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Status
Sylvan Oaks
LARGE PRINT FICTION Gortner, C.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781410493606, 1410493601

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 683-684).
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"A lush, dramatic biographical novel of one of the most glamorous and alluring legends of Hollywood's golden age, Marlene Dietrichfrom the gender-bending cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the lush film studios of Hollywood, a sweeping story of passion, glamour, ambition, art, and war from the author of Mademoiselle Chanel. Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage. When a budding career as a violinist is cut short, the willful teenager vows to become a singer, trading her family's proper, middle-class society for the free-spirited, louche world of Weimar Berlin's cabarets and drag balls. With her sultry beauty, smoky voice, seductive silk cocktail dresses, and androgynous tailored suits, Marlene performs to packed houses and becomes entangled in a series of stormy love affairs that push the boundaries of social convention. Rivaling the success of another European import, Greta Garbo, Marlene quickly becomes one of Hollywood's leading ladies, starring with legends such as Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and Cary Grant. Desperate for her return, Hitler tries to lure her with dazzling promises. Marlene instead chooses to become an American citizen, and after her new nation is forced into World War II, she tours with the USO, performing for thousands of Allied troops in Europe and Africa. But one day she returns to Germany. Escorted by General George Patton himself, Marlene is heartbroken by the war's devastation and the evil legacy of the Third Reich that has transformed her homeland and the family she loved." --from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gortner, C. W. (2016). Marlene (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gortner, C. W.. 2016. Marlene. Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gortner, C. W.. Marlene Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 2016.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Gortner, C. W. (2016). Marlene. Large print edn. Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gortner, C. W.. Marlene Large print edition., Thorndike Press, 2016.

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