True Grace: The Life and Death of an American Princess

While the information that the book contains about Grace Kelly is knowledgable and thorough, the narrative skipped around too much for my liking. One moment I was reading about Grace's childhood and the next I was reading about her friendships when she was an adult. I believe the narrative would have been easier to follow if it had had a stricter chronological format.

Outstanding insight into the life of Grace Kelly. Her triumphs as well as her lapses.

Wendy Leigh's fearless and penetrating biography of Grace Kelly's life was as riveting to read as it was thought provoking. While Ms. Leigh artfully conjures a bygone era and captures your imagination with old Hollywood lore, the parallels between Grace Kelly and the tabloid princcesses of today make True Grace constantly relevant. Ms. Leigh writes with great affection for HSH of Monaco, but is never obsequious. Ms. Leigh approaches her subject with the integrity of a journalist seeking the truth. She is not afraid of being controversial, but she is never sensationalist. Ms. Leigh engages you with a style of writing that is at once intelligent, witty and even flirtatious, making True Grace extremely enjoyable to read. Notably, there is always an underlying understanding in Ms. Leigh's tone that intimates the reader to Grace Kelly and prevents one from being too quick to judge her. I finished the book with a crisp idea of an era and a woman that, though long before my time, I was able to identify with. This is all down to Ms. Leigh's canny portrayal of Grace Kelly. I sincerely recommend this book.

Can we ever really know a person? How much does a person even know themselves? We can only hope to come as close as Wendy Leigh has in, True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess. This biography combines known facts, interpretations and opinions from 125 on record sources (98 of whom never spoke about their relationship with Grace Kelly), astrology, and even an interpretation of Grace's handwriting. This author has surely done her homework and created a book definitely worth reading.

I loved this book! I had never read a biography of Grace Kelly before, and I found this one to be a great read. It is well researched and really captures that bygone era. Great gossip and great stories! I highly recommend this book.

I thought this was the best Grace Kelly bio that I've read. It was detailed and well-researched and an interesting read. Kelly got around a whole lot more than I thought.