Audrey: Her Real Story
by Alexander Walker
by Alexander Walker
While the title may sound vaguely sensationalistic, Audrey: Her Real Story is yet another great biography on Audrey. Released in 1994, two years before Barry Paris's book, it might even have had the distinction of being the best written biography on Audrey until Barry Paris entered the ring. Walker's book is another well-written, easy to follow biography with its own set of enjoyable picture sections (four!), but it does have a few minor factual errors. Like many people did, Walker states that Audrey's birth name was Edda Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston, a fact that was hotly debated up until Sean set the record straight (and included a copy of Audrey's birth certificate) in An Elegant Spirit.
Despite these few errors, Audrey is a good read and was a biography I read and reread a lot in my younger Audrey fan years -- until I bought Barry Paris's book in paperback. I carried it in my backpack to college a lot, and many a conversation was started over that book, so I personally have a warm spot in my heard for Walker's book. If it were not for those few factual errors that unfortunately were published, it might still be my favourite. Still, it's a close second and a book I would recommend, as long as people were aware of the misquoted facts.
Rating: 4 stars
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