The other half : extraordinary women and life, love and famous partners

"The Other Half" is a journey of discovery. All the women in this book had, or have, famous partners but didn't, for various reasons, stay in their shadow: they stepped out and took some of the limelight themselves.

Many become even more successful than their partners and live on in our memories long after their partners have faded.

Read about the lives, loves and famous partners of some of the most extraordinary women who have taken centre stage. The women are: Abigail Adams; Mary Shelley; Marie Curie; Marion Mahony Griffin; Lotte Lenya; Frida Kahlo; Simone De Beauvoir; Lucille Bail; Joanne Woodward; Madame Mao; Sylvia Plath; Linda Mccartney; Tina Tuner; Imelda Marcos; Sarah Brightman; Diana, Princess Of Wales; Jerry Hall; Paula Yates; Hazel Hawkw; Sharon Arden Osbourne; Cherie Blair; Demi Moore; Graca Machel; Marion Jones; Crown Princess Mary; Marie Antoinette; Bertha Benz; Alma Schindler; Eleanor Roosevelt; Alice B Toklas; Eva Peron; Lee Krasner; Sirimavo Bandaranaike; Elizebeth Taylor; Jacqueline Kennedy- Onassis; Yoko Ono; Cloe Laine; Cher; Corazon Aquino; Katia Gordeeva; Camila, Duchess Of Cornwall; Priscella Presley; Courtney Love; Annita Keating; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Jemima Khan; Kirsty Sword- Gusmao; Winnie Mandela; and Nicole Kidman.