Valentino Affair: The Jazz Age Murder Scandal That Shocked New York Society and Gripped the World

by Colin Evans

Book Overview

In 1922, Rudolph Valentino was one of the most famous men alive. But few knew that the star had a dirty secret that he desperately wanted to bury. The lurid tale began a decade earlier when former Yale football star and notorious playboy Jack de Saulles made headlines across three continents by pursuing the beautiful young Chilean heiress Blanca Err?zuriz, known as the Star of Santiago. After the birth of their son, though, the marriage soured. Jack...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762791497
• ISBN13: 9780762791491
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"