Written by Anthony Summers; published by MacMillan Publishing Company; 1985; hardback, dust jacket, very fine condition. Illustrated with numerous pages of black-and-white photographs. During her brief, incandescent life, almost everybody lied about Marilyn Monroe, and she did some of the fabricating. Now in GODDESS, Anthony Summers goes behind the lies, the gossip, and the myths to write the ultimate book on Marilyn Monroe, shimmering screen star, fabled fantasy figure, and one of the most poignant personalities of our time. He has filled GODDESS with stunning revelations about Marilyn's marriages, including the one she seemingly kept secret, and her affairs with the most famous and charismatic men of her era. For the first time, he produces firsthand testimony of her long-rumored liaisons with President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, the Attorney General. To recreate this complex story, Anthony Summers has deployed all the skills of a page-turning author and a superb investigative reporter. He interviewed over six hundred people, including intimates and friend who have spoken out for the first time. He obtain startling new documents under the Freedom of Information Act and has exposed plots by the Mafia and its allies to use Marilyn as a weapon in their war with the Kennedy brothers. And he chronicles the heartbreak of her final years through the correspondence of her psychiatrist, revealed for the first time in this book. In probing the murky circumstances of her death, Anthony Summers uncovered hidden police reports and suppressed phone records and interviewed long-silent witnesses. Every item in this electrifying book is scrupulously researched and sourced. The first and only documented biography of the star's haunting life, GODDESS is riveting, explosive and deeply moving.

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