Take an incorrigible child out of Russian Lithuania, ship him on an orphan train to heartland America, watch him evolve into New York's favorite enfant terrible and finally emerge as Prince Michael Romanoff, restaurateur and confidant to Hollywood's greatest stars, among them Marilyn Monroe, Peter Lawford, Humphrey Bogart, Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra.
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Not unlike the metamorphosis of a homely caterpillar into an elegant butterfly, this "rogue of uncertain origin" became Hollywood's longest reigning prince, still remembered in vivid technicolor.
"Those many years ago in Paris we knew Harry was a fraud. Yet Americans are amused by impostors, and he became one of the most amusing ever."--Professor Elizabeth Nissen, Minneapolis
"I was a schoolgirl when the prince swept into St. Paul. Everyone fell over each other entertaining him; such a draw he was."--Sarah Maud Weyerhaeuser Sivertsen, St. Paul
"... never intoxicated, amusing and interesting, a very likable chap."--Paul Mellon, Washington, D.C.
"He did not pretend to be Prince Michael Romanoff of Russia. He pretended, and managed, to be a great comic pretending to be Prince Michael Romanoff of Russia."--Alistair Cooke, New York
"... a superb actor, who played a preposterous role, yet carried it through consistently and with elegance."--Oleg Cassini, New York
"We children knew him only as our fabled uncle who had escaped to America. It wasn't until years after the War that he finally appeared at our door, stepping out from a long black limousine. ... Uncle Hersh was very generous to us."--Nina Marshak Papermacher, Haifa, Israel
About the Author
Jane Pejsa is the author of four major non-fiction books. MATRIARCH OF CONSPIRACY was winner of the Minnesota Book Award, as Best Biography. Her two other biographies--GRATIA COUNTRYMAN: HER LIFE, HER LOVES & HER LIBRARY and ROMANOFF, PRINCE OF ROGUES: THE LIFE & TIMES OF A HOLLYWOOD ICON--have been finalists for the same award. Ms. Pejsa's first book, THE MOLINEUX AFFAIR, a true crime saga, was an Edgar Allen Poe Fact Crime Award finalist. All four of Ms. Pejsa's books are available from AMAZON.COM
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