High Society
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  • Published: 1 June 2010
  • ISBN: 9780099515371
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $29.99

High Society

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8 Nov 2012
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10 Dec 2009
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1 Jun 2010
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1 Jul 2003
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This biography draws on a series of unpublished interviews and offers a startling and intitmate portrait of one of the most glamourous icons of the 20th century.

This biography draws on a series of unpublished interviews and offers a startling and intitmate portrait of one of the most glamourous icons of the 20th century.

In just seven years (from 1950 through 1956), Grace Kelly made eleven feature films. They established her as one of the screen's iconic beauties, and as a performer of rare intelligence and wit.

Donald Spoto, a personal friend of Kelly's in whom she confided, is in a unique position to tell the story of her transformation from convent girl from Philadelphia to last star of Hollywood's Golden Age to European princess. In this revelatory biography, Spoto draws on interviews with those who knew her - from James Stewart and Cary Grant to Fred Zimmerman - as well as a series of taped interviews with Kelly which have never before been published.

A film of Grace Kelly's life, Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman and Tim Roth will be released in 2014.
  • Published: 1 June 2010
  • ISBN: 9780099515371
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Ben Elton

Ben Elton’s multi-award winning career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past thirty-five years. In addition to his hugely influential work as a stand-up comic, he was co-writer of TV hits The Young Ones and Blackadder and sole creator of The Thin Blue Line and Upstart Crow. He has written fifteen major bestsellers, including Stark, Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous, High Society, Two Brothers and Time and Time Again, three West End plays and three musicals, including global phenomenon We Will Rock You. He has written and directed two feature films, Maybe Baby and Three Summers.

He is married and has three children.

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Praise for High Society

Spoto tells her story movingly and well

Sunday Express

Spoto was a close friend of Kelly's, so this is as definitive a biography as we will ever get

S, Sunday Express magazine

Drawing on previously unpublished conversations, Spoto explores how Kelly changed Hollywood

Harpers Bazaar

Kelly's life as told here reveals a gentler Donald Spoto than we're used to: his friendship with the star has ensured a generosity of judgement throughout...Some may yearn for a less sympathetic portrait, but it's hard to imagine that any subsequent biography could do such consummate justice to her life and career

The Times

Spoto turns a fresh eye on the well-known story bringing it alive for a new generation of readers

Wales on Sunday

...an intimate portrait of one of the world's most famous women. A fine tribute to a true star

Waterstone's Books Quarterly