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Inspired!: True Stories Behind Famous Art, Literature, Music, and Film

Penned By Maria Bukhonina
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Inspired!: True Stories Behind Famous Art, Literature, Music, and Film

Penned By Maria Bukhonina
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Discover the fascinating true stories behind the world's most famous works of art, literature, music and film, complete with historical images.  What real-life hero inspired the literary adventures of the Count of Monte Cristo and the Three Musketeers? How many women paid a steep price for being Picasso's muse? Why did author Conan Doyle dream of murdering his biggest creation, Sherlock Holmes? What force drove George Lucas to create Star Wars?   Full of tragedy and humor, the 20 stories included in this book explore the lesser-known facts about the world’s most Inspired! lives, from Mata Hari to Salvador Dali, from Bonnie and Clyde to Andy Warhol.  Inspired! is an easy-to-read, entertaining book for everyone interested in art, history, film and extraordinary human stories. Discover the fascinating true stories behind the world's most famous works of art, literature, music, and film, illustrated with historical images. Was one of the Three Musketeers meant to be a black person? How did an eighteenth-century French courtesan become the main character in the opera La Traviata? How many of Picasso's lovers died while inspiring his immortal paintings? What force moved George Lucas to create Star Wars?  With uncensored anecdotes about and around historic people from Catherine the Great to Amedeo Modigliani, Bonnie and Clyde to Andy Warhol, Inspired! presents the humor and tragedy in thirty well-known works—and you will never look at them the same way again. Inspired! is an entertaining and easy-to-read book for everyone, and is a fun gift for your family and friends. 

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After spending years working in the corporate world, Maria Bukhonina finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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