255 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2012 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Frederic Stahl, born of Viennese intelligentsia, ran away to sea at the age of seventeen. Embarking in America, his matinee idol looks and Old-World charm took him to Hollywood, and a life of movies and women. But by autumn 1939, the unease in Europe has spread even to Stahl's glamorous enclave.
Frederic Stahl, born of Viennese intelligentsia, ran away to sea at the age of seventeen. Embarking in America, his matinee idol looks and Old-World charm took him to Hollywood, and a life of movies and women. But by autumn 1939, the unease in Europe has spread even to Stahl's glamorous enclave.
Subjects
- Fiction
- History
- Americans
- World War, 1939-1945
- Motion picture producers and directors
Places
- United States
- Paris
- Paris (France)
- France
- Europe