My Rating: 4.7
Hedy Kiesler's beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle to America.
This historical fiction covered so much that I was continually looking things up and was astounded at how much research the author did. What an amazing life Hedy led (although her personal life was a train wreck). Definite recommend.
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