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38.4 Clare listens to Carlos Chávez playing. Library of Congress. 420
39.1 Clare at the Trevi Fountain, December 1956. UPI/Bettmann Archive. 435
40.1 The Duke of Windsor congratulates Clare on her MacArthur Award, April 8, 1957. UPI/Bettmann Archive. 440
40.2 Clare scuba diving off Bermuda, summer 1957. 445
41.1 Mosaic by Clare Boothe Luce, c. 1958. 459
42.1 Clare announces her resignation as Ambassador to Brazil. Library of Congress. 478
43.1 Morse’s moment of triumph: May 1, 1959. Argenta Images. 480
43.2 Gerald Heard. 483
43.3 Lady Jeanne Campbell, c. 1959. RexUSA. 488
43.4 Father John Courtney Murray, S.J. 493
43.5 Dr. Sidney Cohen. Getty Images. 500
44.1 President Kennedy greets Clare at his inaugural ball, 1961. Associated Press/Wide World. 519
44.2 Untitled painting by Clare Boothe Luce. 521
44.3 Clare vacationing in Majorca, July 1962. 526
45.1 Clare with a dolphin in Hawaii, July 1965. 543
45.2 Clare and Harry in Phoenix, 1966. 550
46.1 Clare at Harry’s funeral in New York. 555
46.2 Clare’s bedroom in Halenai’a. 563
46.3 Clare and feathered friends in Honolulu, c. 1970. Alma McGoldrick Photography, Honolulu. 567
46.4 President and Mrs. Nixon visit Halenai’a, August 29, 1972. Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 572
46.5 Clare and William F. Buckley, Jr., on Firing Line. National Review. 574
46.6 Clare and Henry Kissinger, 1980. Helena Lukas Martemucci. 577
46.7 Clare receives the Thayer Award at West Point, October 10, 1980. 584
epl.1 Clare’s letter to the author, March 9, 1981. 589
epl.2 Clare and the author at Halenai’a, June 1982. Photograph by Edmund Morris. 594
epl.3 Indira Gandhi, Clare, and Nancy Reagan at the White House, 1982. White House Photograph. 597
epl.4 Clare and Marc Pachter at the National Portrait Gallery. 598
epl.5 Tombstone of Clare and Henry Luce at Mepkin. 602
PERMISSION CREDITS
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint preexisting material:
CURTIS BROWN, LONDON: Excerpt from two letters from Randolph S. Churchill to Clare Boothe Luce dated August 4, 1960, and housed in a private collection, copyright © Randolph S. Churchill. Used by permission of Curtis Brown, London, on behalf of the Estate of Randolph S. Churchill.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, INC.: Excerpt from Britannica Book of the Year, copyright © 1973 by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Used by permission of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
THE ESTATE OF BARRY GOLDWATER: Excerpts from two letters from Barry Goldwater to Clare Boothe Luce dated July 5, 1964, and April 4, 1968. Used by permission of the Estate of Barry Goldwater.
THE ESTATE OF CYRUS L. SULZBERGER: Excerpts from A Long Row of Candles: Memoirs and Diaries 1934–1954 by Cyrus L. Sulzberger (New York: Macmillan, 1969), copyright © 1969 by Cyrus L. Sulzberger. Used by permission of the Estate of Cyrus L. Sulzberger.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY: Excerpt from Billy Baldwin Remembers by Billy Baldwin, copyright © 1974 by William W. Baldwin. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
THE C. S. LEWIS COMPANY: Excerpt from a letter from C. S. Lewis to Clare Boothe Luce dated October 26, 1947, housed in the Clare Boothe Luce papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Used by permission of The C. S. Lewis Company.
MEREDITH CORPORATION: Excerpt from “The Real Reason” by Clare Boothe Luce from McCalls® magazine, February–April 1947. Subject to national and international intellectual property laws and treaties. Used by permission of Meredith Corporation.
A. P. WATT, LTD: Excerpts from two letters from W. Somerset Maugham to Clare Boothe Luce dated April 6, 1957, and August 15, 1957. Used by permission of A. P. Watt, Ltd.
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