Beautiful Exile: The Life of Martha Gellhorn

By Carl Rollyson

Book Overview

Martha Gellhorn died in February 1998, just shy of her 90th birthday. Well before her death, she had become a legend. She reported on wars from Spain in the 1930s to Panama in the 1980s, and her travel books are considered classics. Her marriage to Ernest Hemingway, affairs with legendary lovers like H. G. Wells, and her relationships with two presidents, Roosevelt and Kennedy, reflect her campaigns against tyranny and deprivation, as well as her outrage at the corruption and cruelty of modern governments. This controversial and acclaimed biography portrays a vibrant and troubled woman who never tired of fighting for causes she considered just.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1504029968
• ISBN13: 9781504029964
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Soon to be a major motion picture

I wrote the first and still the best biography of Gellhorn, relying on key archival sources and interviews with her friends and associates. A film based on my book is in development.

Fast-paced and soon to be a major motion picture

I wrote the first and still the best biography of Gellhorn, relying on key archival sources and interviews with her friends and associates. A new edition will soon be available in paperback, and a film based on my book, will be going into production shortly.