MEDIAPRINT THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM

Bestselling author Marie Benedict reveals the story of a brilliant scientist who was long remembered only for her Hollywood beauty. A powerful book based on the extraordinary true story of the fascinating actress and scientist Heidi Lamar. "The only woman in the room" is one of the novels that exalts the role of women in science, which history has often overlooked. Vienna, year 1933. For Hejdi Kisller, a young Jewish actress, her beauty was salvation and suffering: it protected her from the Nazis, but led her to a tyrannical marriage with Hitler and Mussolini's arms dealer. Underestimated by her entire circle, she overheard the secret plans of the Third Reich when she accompanied her husband to parties and balls. He decided to run to Hollywood under a new name: Heidi Lamar.

Age group: over 18 years old.