“Grace: Her Lives, Her Loves,” by respected royal historian Robert Lacey, is a well-researched and illuminating account of a woman who gave up acting but ended up playing the biggest role of her life. In 1982, she was killed after she suffered a stroke while driving. It was said that she mourned the loss of her film career, and felt stifled by the limitations of royal life. Grace Robert Lacey 3.79 1,042 ratings65 reviews Through interviews with Grace Kelly's family and friends, the author of Ford: The Men and the Machine penetrates the storybook veneer around Kelly's life to reveal a surprisingly complex, conflicted woman.
Their wedding in the tiny principality on the Mediterranean was watched by an estimated 30 million television viewers, perhaps the first “celebrity” event to command mass audiences.
1 Ratings 25 Want to read 2 Currently reading 2 Have read Overview View 4 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1999 Publisher G.K. In April 1956, the film star became Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco, with 140 other titles. The year 1000 what life was like at the turn of the first millennium : an Englishmans world by Robert Lacey 3.00 They began writing to each other, and though they met only a few times, when Rainier proposed eight months later Kelly accepted. In 1955, 25-year-old American actress and film star Grace Kelly was at the height of her fame, with an Oscar to her name, when she was introduced to Prince Rainier of Monaco during the Cannes Film Festival. Laceys biography charts Grace Kellys secret and tempestuous life behind the scenes of her. With excitement building over the forthcoming royal wedding in Britain, it is easy to forget that Meghan Markle is not the first actress to bag a royal prince for a husband. Berkley Trade Pub, 7.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-5-9.
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