An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove: The Life of Joan Rhodes,Triona H

Name: An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove: The Life of Joan Rhodes,Triona H
Brand: The History Press Ltd

The History Press Ltd

An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove: Life of Joan Rhodes by Triona Holden Book New HB\nNEW Books from family run Booksellers. Our hand selected titles are in stock and ready for posting in protective packaging.\n\nThe first-ever biography of a trailblazing star of yesteryear. With her svelte hourglass figure and Marilyn Monroe looks, Joan Rhodes would leave audiences speechless as she bent steel bars with her teeth, ripped large phone books into quarters, and lifted two men at a time, one in each hand. But what she did was real. Joan had a super-strength. Born into poverty in 1920s London and abandoned by her parents, Joan endured spells in the workhouse and earned scraps busking on the streets. Despite the worst possible start, she made it to the top of her profession to rub sequined shoulders with the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire and Sammy Davis Jnr. Her crowning glory was to perform for the Queen and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle. Joan saw herself as a freak, but in t.