Product Description

Did you know that champagne saucers were modelled on the perfect breast of Madame de Pompadour?

That Hugh Hefner paid £85,000 for the tomb adjoining that of Playboy’s first cover girl, Marilyn Monroe?

That 17 people were crushed to death when Eva Peron’s coffin was processed through the streets of Buenos Aires?

Or that Condoleezza Rice is a concert level pianist and accomplished ice-skater?

With contributions from a range of celebrities including Cherie Booth, Fern Britton, Tara Palmer-Tompkinson and Immodesty Blaize, giving you the chance to find out who their heroines are, this book is packed full of pieces and facts about hundreds of Bold, Bad and Beautiful women from every walk of life, in history, from the pages of great literature, and alive today.

Heroines is illustrated by Matthew Rice and contains a foreword from Dame Judi Dench.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #549254 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages