David Bret: David Bret is a leading show business biographer. He has written many highly successful books on subjects including Edith Piaf, Doris Day, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow and Errol Flynn.
Introduction ix
Chapter One - Greta Gustaffson: Sappho Rising 1
Chapter Two - Garbo & Stiller: Beauty & the Beast 30
Chapter Three - New York, Hollywood ... Borg! 59
Chapter Four - The Temptress & the Strange American 76
Chapter Five - 13 October 1926-22 June 1927: 98
The Great Garbo Mystery
Chapter Six - The Divine Garbo! 116
Chapter Seven - A Clean Sweep & the First Talkie 147
Chapter Eight - Weltschmerz 174
Chapter Nine - 'I Want To Be Alone!' 205
Chapter Ten - Queen Christina 229
Chapter Eleven - I Have Died Twice 253
Chapter Twelve - Garbo Laughs 280
Chapter Thirteen - Garbo's War 303
Chapter Fourteen - Still Drifting 327
Chapter Fifteen - Alone At Last 352
Epilogue 365
Notes 368
Filmography 383
Sources 390
Index 394
