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Countess Bianca Maria Lovatelli has lived, and continues to live, a remarkable life. Rather than simply lounge in the upper class she was born to, she's purposely steered her life toward a sweeping international challenge. Blessed with beauty, brains, boldness, and background, Bianca took to heart the sixteenth-century Italian artist Benvenuto Cellini's declaration that whoever has done anything of excellence ought to describe their life with their own hand. And since the age of thirteen, she has kept copious notes of her adventures, friendships, loves, and life reflections, which she now mines as fascinating firsthand fodder for book one of her memoirs. Delving into the first forty years of her life, from 1933 to 1973, The Maverick Contessa divulges the story of her family's flight from Italy to Brazil at the outset of World War II, continues through her rebellious and romantic youth, and follows her blossoming career as a television journalist, newspaper columnist, and best-selling author. Traversing the globe, Bianca finds love, and loses it; entertains the likes of David Niven, Ella Fitzgerald, and Albert Camus; and influences South American presidents and prime ministers. An extraordinary woman with an intriguing story to tell, The Maverick Contessa is only the beginning...

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Countess Bianca Maria Lovatelli is an author, journalist, and media presence, who was born in Rome to an Italian count and his English bride in 1933. Fleeing the incoming fascist authorities in 1941, her family escaped to Brazil, a country that would become a major influence in her life and career. Lovatelli has written articles and columns for numerous Brazilian and Argentine publications, including the newspapers Ultima Hora, Jornal do Brasil, and Machete in Brazil and Confirmado and Adan in Argentina. Her debut book, Imago, published in 1961, is a collection of short philosophical essays, and in 1963, she wrote the Brazilian best seller Sarava Meu Pai. Founder of the Brazilian Association of Music, Lovatelli single-handedly launched and promoted the formidable new-wave music the bossa nova through the TV program she coproduced and hosted in Rio de Janeiro, which at that time was the most popular variety show for TV Rio. Visit my blog http: //MaverickContessa.com

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