With astute research and crisp writing, Adam Victor sifts through the competing versions of events throughout all of Marilyn's life and traces a young woman's inexorable path to iconhood, creating a compelling anatomy of fame in our century. This visual compendium of Marilyn's life includes hundreds of photographs by some of the world's top photographers, including rare, candid moments alongside the iconic images we've come to know and love. This is a one-stop resource for all of the information about Marilyn's life and films. With 170 full-colour and 205 b/w illustrations.