Last dance with Valentino
By: Daisy Waugh
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Bath]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781445857503; 9781445857510
Subjects: Fiction; Dancers; Immigrants; Motion picture actors and actresses; History
Description: "August 1916 Leaving war-ravaged London, Jenny Doyle sets sail for America. As she draws near the soaring skyscrapers of New York her dreams are dashed when she learns she is to be sent to work for the wealthy de Saulles family. Known as 'the Box', their home is Gatsby-like in elegance yet rife with undertones of malice and madness. Only her friendship with dancer Rodolfo offers Jenny a chance to escape & ntil a tragic day when the household is changed forever. August 1926 America booms, prohibition rules and one man's movie is breaking box office records. Rodolfo has taken his place on the silver screen as Rudolph Valentino when a chance arises for he and Jenny to meet again. Will the world's most desired film star and his lost love have their Hollywood happy ending, or will the tragic echoes of their past thwart them one last time? "--Publisher descritpion.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2011.