This is the HARDBACK version. The true story is finally told about Jeanne Eagels, legendary Broadway star as Sadie Thompson in Somerset Maugham's Rain, celebrated silent movie actress, and Academy Award-nominated superstar in The Letter. She lived a life of renown, yet her rise to fame, her romances, her triumphs, her relentless perfectionism, and her fragile health propelled her into increasingly erratic behavior and a shocking climax that stunned the entire world. Illustrated with nearly 150 rare and unseen photographs.