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Sinatra (Abridged): The Life Audiobook
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Packed with revelations, this is the first complete account of a career built on raw talent, sheer willpower--and criminal connections. Anthony Summers--bestselling author of Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe--and Robbyn Swan unveil stunning new information about Sinatra’s links to the Mafia, his crowded love life and his tangled relationships with U.S. presidents. Exclusive breakthroughs include the discovery of how the Mafia connection began--in a remote Sicilian village--and moving interviews with his lovers. Never-before-published conversations with Ava Gardner get to the core of the tragic passion that dominated his life, came close to destroying him, and made his best work heartbreakingly personal. Sinatra delivers the full life story of a complex, flawed genius.
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"I LOve Frank Sinatra. After reading this book, I was a little sad. He wasn't a very nice man. I've heard the story about him but thought people just didn't like him. Now I see him as the mobster he really was. I still like him but ...... "
— Marie (5 out of 5 stars)
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" Finished. What can I say? Although, I feel like the author got sort of negative towards the end. Come on, give the guy a break. "
— Kristiana, 6/8/2013 -
" A book of negativity that would have you believe Frank Sinatra had no redeeming virtues. It is really a "hit piece" with a focus on his relationship with the mob and very little on the music that made Sinatra the Entertainer of the Twentieth Century. Not enlightening, just nasty. "
— Kathleen, 5/18/2013 -
" Interesting but hard to get through. "
— Kiera, 3/20/2013 -
" The beginning of this book made me really hate Frank Sinatra, but by the end I wanted to hug him like he was my grandfather. Another celebrity must. "
— Evett, 2/26/2013 -
" Great biography. Opened my eyes to the man behind the legend. "
— Brandon, 10/9/2012 -
" I LOve Frank Sinatra. After reading this book, I was a little sad. He wasn't a very nice man. I've heard the story about him but thought people just didn't like him. Now I see him as the mobster he really was. I still like him but ...... "
— Marie, 5/16/2012 -
" Fascinating personality. Sinatra is more complex than I realized. "
— Steven, 4/26/2012 -
" I feel like I know most everything there is to know about the Chairman. "
— Justin, 3/27/2012 -
" A very interesting read, a well-researched biography. "
— Keith, 1/4/2012 -
" I LOVE Frank Sinatra and this was a page-turner despite a few dry, boring bits. "
— Dani, 10/22/2011 -
" Exceptionally grounded and well researched. This is a portrait of a flawed, miserable and often mean man. He had more to regret in life than too be proud of. Much of the "carefree, good times" myths are dispelled in this book. "
— Chris, 5/20/2011 -
" he was a little bit of a mafia jerk "
— Wendy, 1/14/2011 -
" I listened to this on books on tape and it was really very good! I had no idea that Frank Sinatra was such a rough and tumble guy as this. Definitely a good read! "
— Katy, 6/19/2010 -
" he was a little bit of a mafia jerk "
— Wendy, 2/12/2010 -
" Lots of information from mulitiple sources, but surprisingly light on "Rat Pack" info. <br/> <br/>He had redeeming qualities and talent, but I had a hard time getting through this. I gave up caring about him with all the crap I learned. "
— Tree, 12/19/2009 -
" I listened to this on books on tape and it was really very good! I had no idea that Frank Sinatra was such a rough and tumble guy as this. Definitely a good read! "
— Katy, 5/13/2009 -
" The beginning of this book made me really hate Frank Sinatra, but by the end I wanted to hug him like he was my grandfather. Another celebrity must. "
— Evett, 2/20/2008 -
" I feel like I know most everything there is to know about the Chairman. "
— Justin, 1/4/2008 -
" Finished. What can I say? Although, I feel like the author got sort of negative towards the end. Come on, give the guy a break. "
— Kristiana, 6/30/2007
About the Authors
Anthony Summers, a former BBC journalist, is the author of six bestselling books, including The File of the Tsar, on the fate of the Romanovs; Not in Your Lifetime, on the assassination of President Kennedy; Official and Confidential, on J. Edgar Hoover; and The Arrogance of Power, on Richard Nixon. He won the Golden Dagger, the Crime Writers’ Association’s top nonfiction award, for Not in Your Lifetime. Robbyn Swan worked with Summers on the Hoover and Nixon biographies, and both authors have contributed to Vanity Fair and PBS’s Frontline. They are married, have five children between them, and live in Ireland.
Robbyn Swan takes pride in having worked some of the biggest stories of this century and the last, from the rise of the American Mafia, to the Hiss spy case, to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Her 2011 book, The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 & Osama bin Laden, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History and won the prestigious Gold Dagger for nonfiction on the subject of crime.
About Tony Roberts
Tony Roberts is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. He has had roles in numerous films, many by Woody Allen, as well as his starring roles on Broadway in Arsenic and Old Lace; Promises, Promises; and The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife.