The only woman in the room
Benedict, Marie2019
Book
Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her 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. She lands in Hollywood, where she becomes Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But Hedy is keeping a secret even more shocking than her Jewish heritage: she is a scientist. She has an idea that might help the country and that might ease her guilt for escaping alone -- if anyone will listen to her. Based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication.
Main title:
The only woman in the room / Marie Benedict.
Author:
Benedict, Marie, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2019.©2019.
Collation:
247 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
97815293254169781529325416 (paperback)9781492666868
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
549296
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | BENE | On loan - Due: 08 Jul 2026 |