The Redgraves - A Family Epic

The dramatic, poignant and revealing family biography of five generations of the Redgraves, one of the greatest acting dynasties of all time

In The Redgraves, bestselling biographer Donald Spoto draws on his close personal relationships with the family and includes his many interviews with them to weave a riveting account of this extraordinary clan

From the ancestry of the brilliant, troubled Sir Michael Redgrave who became as famous a stage actor and movie star as Lawrence Olivier or John Gielgud, to the fiery and controversial careers of his children Vanessa, Lynn and Corin to the successes and tragedies of the most recent generation, Natasha and Joely Richardson, The Redgraves is the fascinating, moving epic biography of a family that defined and extended the possibilities for actors of stage, screen and television around the world

An epic study of a talented, volatile, passionate and controversial family