by Charles Higham · Virgin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753509715
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Howard Hughes: The Secret Life» is the biography of tycoon Howard Hughes written by Charles Higham, published by Virgin Books in paperback and in English.
Charles Higham reconstructs the life of Howard Hughes: his fortune, his relationships with Hollywood stars, his role as tycoon and aviator, and his involvement in Watergate and the Cuban missile crisis. It also covers his manoeuvres to dodge the taxman and the physical decline that did not stop him from continuing to do business until the end.
The book was originally published in 1993; this Virgin Books edition came out in 2004 with a foreword about the making of the film «The Aviator», by Martin Scorsese.
For those interested in biographies of tycoons, classic Hollywood and the inner workings of American politics.
Charles Higham was an English author, editor and poet.
