David Bret, Author . Carroll & Graf $25.95 (299p) ISBN 978-0-78671-868-9
Bret, who has written several celebrity bios, details Joan Crawford's rags-to-riches story in this able biography. Born Lucille LeSueur in 1905, Crawford lived a hardscrabble life in the Midwest; as the product of a Dickensian childhood, she...
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David Bret, Author Robson Books $27 (241p) ISBN 978-0-86051-789-4
In this entertaining look at the life of Maurice Chevalier (l888-l972), Bret, author of The Piaf Legend and The Mistinquett Legend , again shows his prowess as a chronicler of French stars. Chevalier began his long career as a youthful performer in...
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David Bret, Author Robson Books $0 (188p) ISBN 978-0-86051-527-2
In yet another biography of Edith Piaf, an English writer tries to explain why the recorded singing of a tiny waif-like woman in a ``little black dress'' continues to move people throughout the world, 26 years after her death. Bret presents little...
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David Bret, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (262p) ISBN 978-0-312-05471-7
Born Jeanne Bourgeois in a French village in 1875, Mistinguett--the name is a variation of the French word for dance hall--was by the 1920s the most highly paid female entertainer in the world, having appeared in numerous revues and films as well as
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David Bret, Author Robson Books $32.95 (380p) ISBN 978-1-86105-110-3
Bret (The Piaf Legend) retells the story of the overweight girl from Queens who became a glamorous diva, as famous for her temper tantrums and turbulent personal life as for her singing. Callas was born in New York, but at 13 she was transported by...
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David Bret, Author Robson Books $13.5 (273p) ISBN 978-1-86105-786-0
Without regret or apology, Errol Flynn documented his extraordinary life before writers could have their way with him as a dead man. Bret, however, takes on the Flynn mythology in this new biography. ""Only the gods know what lies ahead of a fellow...
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David Bret, Author, David Brett, Author Robson Books $17 (312p) ISBN 978-1-86105-787-7
A household name in his native England, Morrissey just might be the most obscure mega-celebrity in America. While his albums-both as a solo artist and as the frontman of revered 1980s rock outfit The Smiths-rarely reach the charts, he routinely...
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