Who isn't in awe of Vanessa Redgrave? Her career on stage and screen
remains vital and her extreme-left political stands are still quite
controversial. This is the moment, and this is the biography, to take
stock of Vanessa Redgrave both as actress and as political activist with
a critical, objective study of her life and career. It is also time to
account for her unparalleled achievements as an empathetic actress of
considerable genius.Anyone who has seen Redgrave in her numerous stage
and film roles will know why she is the very best we have. The radiant,
fearless, daring, perverse and always unpredictable Redgrave is the
brightest light in the forest of her famous family.