Valentino: The First Superstar

This is the real and, until now, untold story of Rudolph Valentino - the most amazing tale you will ever read - and the story Valentino himself and said was too 'wild and improbable' for his public to believe ... Best selling author Noel Botham has spent more than twenty-five years, and travelled over 30,000 miles, searching for and unravelling, the missing answers which explain Valentino's brief but incredible life. This first-ever intimate and searingly accurate biography explores Valentino's childhood in rural poverty through to his astronomical shot to fame.

Noel Botham has been a crime reporter and war correspondent covering many major conflicts. He worked for the Evening Star and the Daily Herald before becoming Chief Reporter of the Daily Sketch. He is now a freelance series writer.