- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd; First UK Edition edition (18 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0283063777
- ISBN-13: 978-0283063770
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.4 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 553,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Grace Kelly was swept away when the handsome Prince Rainer, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand in marriage. After a series of relationships with co-stars she was exhausted by the showbusiness lifestyle. If she maried Rainier she would be more than just a movie star, she would be Her Serene Royal Highness Princess Grace. Trapped in a fairytale of her own making, Grace was forced to make sacrifices that cut deeply into the core of who she was as a woman, surrendering her desires and ambitions for her spouse and children. Grace and Rainer may have been royalty but they were also husband and wife, and parents - and, as such, just as vulnerable to the conflicts that can contaminate any household. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews with family and friends, this book portrays its subject with sympathy, revealing Grace, Rainier, Caroline, Albert and Stephanie.
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Grace Kelly was swept away when the handsome Prince Rainier, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand in marriage. After a series of relationships with married co-stars she was exhausted by the showbusiness lifestyle. If she married Rainier she would be more than just a movie star, she would be Her Serene Highness Princess Grace. Trapped in a fairytale of her own making, Grace was forced to make sacrifices that cut deeply into the core of who she was as a woman, surrendering her desires and ambitions for her spouse and her children. Grace and Rainier may have been royalty but they were also husband and wife, and parents - and, as such, just as vulnerable to the conflicts that can contaminate any household. Drawing upon hundreds of exclusive interviews with family and friends, Once Upon a Time portrays its subjects with passion and sympathy, revealing Grace, Rainier, Caroline, Albert and Stephanie in ways both startling and compelling.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoyed this book. It gives a great insight into Grace, Rainier and their children. If you are interested in the Grimaldis then you will enjoy this book.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This book was so well written & so interesting I found it hard to put down - Randy Taraborelli makes such a good read & the research into the book must have taken forever - needless to say I am now going to read all of his books
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Not again!
23 May 2003
Format:Hardcover
This work is both long (nearly 500 pages) and recently published (2003) so it woud be easy to assume that some new information would be presented about the colourful hstory of the Grimaldi family. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Mr. Taraborelli retells the same story of the "fairy tale gone wrong" that has been related in countless other books and magazines in the decades following the death of Grace de Monaco. Further, the author's plodding, amateurish and hackneyed style makes the task of searching for any new revelations a tedious one indeed. A boorish waste of time.
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