Zusatztext A feminist page-turner that reads like a thriller Informationen zum Autor Once a New York City lawyer, Marie Benedict had long dreamed about a fantastical job unraveling the larger mysteries of the past as an archaeologist or historian -- before she tried her hand at writing. While drafting her first book, she realized that she could excavate the possible truths lurking in history through fiction, and has done so in THE OTHER EINSTEIN, the story of Mileva Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife and a physicist herself, and CARNEGIE'S MAID, the story of a brilliant woman who may have spurred Andrew Carnegie toward philanthropy. Her upcoming novel, THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM, will release in January of 2019. She is a graduate of Boston College and the Boston University School of Law, and lives in Pittsburgh with her family. Klappentext A powerful novel based on the story of glamour icon, secret scientist and important figure of the Second World War Hedy Lamarr. 'Benedict paints a shining portrait of a complicated woman' "Publishers Weekly" A biopic telling the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose ground-breaking invention revolutionised modern communication. Zusammenfassung A biopic telling the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose ground-breaking invention revolutionised modern communication.

A feminist page-turner that reads like a thriller

Vorwort
A biopic telling the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose ground-breaking invention revolutionised modern communication.

Autorentext
Once a New York City lawyer, Marie Benedict had long dreamed about a fantastical job unraveling the larger mysteries of the past as an archaeologist or historian -- before she tried her hand at writing. While drafting her first book, she realized that she could excavate the possible truths lurking in history through fiction, and has done so in THE OTHER EINSTEIN, the story of Mileva Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife and a physicist herself, and CARNEGIE'S MAID, the story of a brilliant woman who may have spurred Andrew Carnegie toward philanthropy. Her upcoming novel, THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM, will release in January of 2019. She is a graduate of Boston College and the Boston University School of Law, and lives in Pittsburgh with her family.

Klappentext

A powerful novel based on the story of glamour icon, secret scientist and important figure of the Second World War Hedy Lamarr. 'Benedict paints a shining portrait of a complicated woman' "Publishers Weekly"