And the rest is history : the famous (and infamous) first meetings of the world's most passionate couples /
Wagman-Geller, Marlene.
New York : Penguin Group,
2011.
From Antony and Cleopatra to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, "And the Rest Is History" is an intriguing look at how these and other iconoclastic lovers first crossed paths, whether it was through fate, setups, or blind luck.
"A Perigee book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-237).
Jacob and Rachel -- Abelard and Heloise -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Prince Khurram and Mumtaz Mahal -- Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine Beauharnais -- Prince Albert and Queen Victoria -- Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Moulton -- Sir Richard Burton and Isabel Arundell -- Charles Parnell and Katharine O'Shea -- Nicholas Romanov and Princess Alix -- Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Chotek -- Leonard Woolf and Virginia Stephen -- Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas -- William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies -- F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre -- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo -- George Burns and Gracie Allen -- Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir -- King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson -- Clark Gable and Carole Lombard -- Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball -- Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall -- Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis -- Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor -- Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe -- Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly -- Johnny Cash and June Carter -- Aristotle Onassis and Maria Callas -- Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu -- John Lennon and Yoko Ono -- Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman -- Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi -- Prince Charles and Camilla Shand -- Rene Angelil and Celine Dion.
From Antony and Cleopatra to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, "And the Rest Is History" is an intriguing look at how these and other iconoclastic lovers first crossed paths, whether it was through fate, setups, or blind luck.
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