ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1953
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Edison Marshall - The Infinite Woman
Dell, NY, 1953
384 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro

D-122 | Cover art by E. Shook |

Using the legendary Lola Montez, courtesan and dancer, as the inspiration for his surging narrative, he tells the fascinating story of a woman torn by forces in her own nature - respectability and self-destruction. Here is the story of Lola Montez - defiant child, beguiling woman, exotic dancer,, and mistress to a king - told by one of the world`s great storytellers, Edison Marshall. With its explosive vitality and abundant loves, her life reveals the passions and desires of men and women everywhere. Scenes after scene in this daring career of this fascinating woman unfolds tempestuous adventure, sweeping from India across all Europe to England, to a climax of violence and beauty.

In this heroine, Lucia Riley who became Lola Montero, Edison Marshall has created every woman with her natural gifts of beauty, passion, and power. In this one woman’s life he tells a rich and violent story that speaks of men and women everywhere. With the Victorian world as a background, his brilliantly colored scenes move from Britain to India, to France, to Austria, returning to a final breath-taking climax on the moors of England. Brought up as a child in the far East, Lola defied the all-powerful god Kali. Through her tempestuous career she continued a child of conflict and defiance, of extremes of rapture and sorrow. There are many characters in this philosophical yet romantic study of beauty and adventure, of deep passion and quiet love. Mr. Marshall has used the life of the great courtesan Lola Montez as a starting point for the story and used his deep insight to transform the known facts to tell the story of THE INFINITE WOMAN.—Dustcover
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A novel loosely based on the life of exotic dancer Lola Montez.
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The interestingly named Edison Tesla Marshall was born on August 28, 1894 in Rensselaer, Indiana and died on October 29, 1967 in Augusta, Georgia. He grew up in Medford, Oregon and attended the University of Oregon from 1913 to 1916. He was a novelist and short story writer, mainly of historical fiction and science fiction, and a big game hunter. His popular adventure stories appeared in Harper`s Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, and Reader`s Digest. He won the O. Henry Award in 1921. His novel The Isle of Retribution was made into a silent film of the same name in 1926. Other of his novels became the 1942 film, Son of Fury, with Tyrone Power, the 1954 Yankee Pasha, starring Mamie Van Doren, and in 1958, The Vikings with Kirk Douglas.


Fiction, Romance