The most complete edition of the cult book by the famous TV host. A tribute to the bright memory of the greatest women of the 20th century, whose glory with years only grows brighter. A gallery of portraits of unforgettable stars of the screen and runway, theater and ballet, literature and politics.
Faina Ranevskaya and Lyubov Orlova, Coco Chanel and Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, Anna Pavlova and Galina Ulanova, Marina Tsvetaeva and Anna Akhmatova, Gala Dali and Frida Kahlo, Édith Piaf and Maria Callas, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, Virginia Woolf and Françoise Sagan, Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Diana.
Artists admired them. Poets sang their praises. They ruled in cinema and dazzled on stage, created art and shaped history. These incomparable women defined the face of their era. They are the pride and glory of the 20th century— not in vain called the Woman’s Age!