Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr

Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr by Margaret Porter

"But I don't regret anything. I learned a lot." --Hedy Lamarr

Hollywood Beauty. Brilliant inventor. The incredible true story of a remarkable and misunderstood woman.

Hedy Kiesler, Austrian actress of Jewish heritage, scandalizes Europe with her nudity in the art film Ecstasy. Her hasty marriage to a wealthy munitions merchant disintegrates as he grows increasingly controlling and possessive. Even worse--he supplies deadly weapons ...