Clare Boothe Luce is a masterful appraisal of one of the most fascinating women of our time. Beauty, intensity, and diverse talents made Clare Boothe Luce the subject of considerable gossip and endless innuendo. Her extraordinary career spanned the greater part of this century. Among her roles were those of socialite, magazine editor, playwright, war correspondent, and Congresswoman. Always, her sphere was among the great and powerful, the influential. Clare Boothe Luce was reared on the American dream of fame and money and, with her formidable determination, she made this dream her reality.