Eleanora Duse Author:Jean Stubbs The novel based on the life of one of the greatest actresses the world has known... — "The Passing Star - Eleanora Duse," proclaimed the signs on the streetcars in New York. In Moscow, students threw roses in the snow before her, in Rome they unharnessed the horses from her carriage and pulled it triumphantly through the streets... — Duse, capable... more » of great emotional power on the stage, suffered a nerve-wracked, tempestuous love life behind the scenes...« less