<p>Genius artist <em>monstre sacré</em> Orson Welles had one of the most brilliant and tempestuous careers in show business. Here he confides his most intimate feelings and recollections of his extraordinary life. </P><P>With remarkable detail and intimacy Barbara Leaming reveals the private Welles: from child prodigy and young lion in Dublin and New York to the <em>succès de scandale</em> of his <em>The War of the Worlds</em> broadcast; from his auspicious directing debut with the legendary <em>Citizen Kane</em> in his twenties to the sabotage of his further directing career by the Hollywood studios; from his affairs carousing and stormy marriage to Rita Hayworth to his association with Roosevelt and aspirations to the presidency. </P><P>It is a picture with an all-star cast including Olivier Monroe Dietrich Garbo Warren Beatty Charlie Chaplin Princess Margaret and Prince Aly Khan.</p> <p>Based on <span>painstaking research and</span> extensive interviews with Welles this is a firsthand portrait of the flamboyant American genius who became a titanic figure in twentieth-century popular culture.</p></P><P>A Blackstone Audio production.</P>