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An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove - Triona Holden

An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove

The Life of Joan Rhodes

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Buch | Softcover
2024 | New edition
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-755-1 (ISBN)
CHF 26,15 inkl. MwSt
The first-ever biography of a trailblazing star of yesteryear, 'a colourful tale, full of grit and glamour' (Kate Adie)
‘Joan Rhodes’s story is a colourful tale, full of grit and glamour: the strongwoman who entertained on the streets and in front of royalty.’ – Kate Adie

With her hourglass figure and Marilyn Monroe looks, Joan Rhodes would leave audiences speechless as she bent steel bars with her teeth, ripped large phone books into quarters, and lifted two men at a time. And what she did was real. Joan had a superstrength, forged out of desperation to survive.

Born into poverty in 1920s London and abandoned by her parents, Joan endured a spell in the workhouse and earned scraps busking on the streets. Despite the worst possible start, she made it to the top of her profession to rub sequined shoulders with the likes of Fred Astaire, Bob Hope and Sammy Davis Jnr. Joan’s crowning glory was to perform for the queen and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle, and along the way she forged lifelong friendships with Marlene Dietrich, Quentin Crisp and Dame Laura Knight, kindred spirits who lived as fearlessly as she did.

Biographer Triona Holden met Joan in her later years. When Joan passed away, Triona set out to secure her beloved friend’s place in history. She appeared on the BBC television show The Repair Shop to tell the strongwoman’s story and sifted through archives to retrace her journey to stardom.

Joan saw herself as a freak, but in truth she was a champion for the so-called fairer sex. Set at a time when most women were still groomed for marriage and motherhood, An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove tells the fascinating and tumultuous story of a woman who followed her own unique path.

TRIONA HOLDEN is an author, artist, journalist and broadcaster. She spent more than twenty years working as one of the BBC’s top correspondents and presenters. Her books include Queen Coal, on the women of the 1980s miners’ strike.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Integrated images
Verlagsort Stroud
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-80399-755-9 / 1803997559
ISBN-13 978-1-80399-755-1 / 9781803997551
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