Books written by Maurice Leonard

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  People from the Other Side: A History of Spiritualism

  ... the whole Spiritualist field, to her distorted mind, seemed contemptible. Her resentment was not helped by a scandal in New York. The psychic artiste, Madame Ann O'Delia Diss De Barr had been imprisoned for swindling General Luther ...

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  Hope and Glory: A Life of Dame Clara Butt

  Clara would often croon to them when they were in their cots and, looking through suitable songs, came across Joan Trevalsa's melody to Matthian Barr's My Treasure. She liked it so much she included it in her recitals.

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  Hope and Glory: A Life of Dame Clara Butt

  Clara and Bertie were the only singers and Arthur E. Godfrey was their accompanist; violinist Carl Barre and pianist Frank Merrick would provide spots in the first half. They were fortunate to get twenty-year-old Merrick, ...

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  Montgomery Clift

  Montgomery Clift

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  Mae West: Empress of Sex

  Mae West was the archetypal film star and the epitome of glamor. A short, plump girl from Brooklyn who aspired to stardom, she shot to international fame as an outlandish...

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  Kathleen: The Life of Kathleen Ferrier 1912-1953

  Kathleen Ferrier has a reputation as the greatest lyric contralto of the twentiety century.