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Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love
Peninsula of Lies A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love
Author: Edward Ball
Peninsula of Lies is an enthralling investigation of a bizarre life that begins in Kent, England with the birth of an illegitimate baby and ends in south Carolina, USA with a sex-change and a scandal. Edward Ball unwraps a mystery that has fascinated a succession of authors in the past decade. Who was Gordon Langley Hall, the illegitimate son o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780297847717
ISBN-10: 0297847716
Publication Date: 8/5/2004
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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"Although it is a biography of Hall, Peninsula of Lies is also equal parts mystery as Ball tracks down key figures from Hall's life, attempts to separate truth from legend and find the points at which the two intersect." amazon

Pure escapism- unimportant, good reading. To his credit, the author does get to the bottom of the main questions of Dawn's life.
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Bio of Gordon Langley Hall, biographer, born a hermaphrodite and later after an operation becomes Dawn Simmons, marries inter-racially, and supposedly has a child. Many twists and turns to this true story.
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