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A True Story of Love and Tragedy at the Circus
Crown
June 2013
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Featuring: Leitzel; Alfredo Codona
336 pages
ISBN: 030798656X
EAN: 9780307986566
Kindle: B00AP2VU1G
Hardcover / e-Book
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Historical
A true life Water for Elephants, Queen of the Air brings the
circus world to life through the gorgeously written, true
story of renowned trapeze artist and circus performer
Leitzel, Queen of the Air, the most famous woman in the
world at the turn of the 20th century, and her star-crossed
love affair with Alfredo Codona, of the famous Flying Codona
Brothers. Like today's Beyonce, Madonna, and Cher, she was known to
her vast public by just one name, Leitzel. There may have
been some regions on earth where her name was not a
household expression, but if so, they were likely on polar
ice caps or in the darkest, deepest jungles. Leitzel was born into Dickensian circumstances, and became a
princess and then a queen. She was not much bigger than a
good size fairy, just four-foot-ten and less than 100
pounds. In the first part of the 20th century, she presided
over a sawdust fiefdom of never-ending magic. She was the
biggest star ever of the biggest circus ever, the Ringling
Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Greatest Show on
Earth. In her life, Leitzel had many suitors (and three husbands),
but only one man ever fully captured her heart. He was the
handsome Alfredo Codona, the greatest trapeze flyer that had
ever lived, the only one in his time who, night after night,
executed the deadliest of all big-top feats, The
Triple--three somersaults in midair while traveling at 60
m.p.h. The Triple, the salto mortale, as the Italians called
it, took the lives of more daredevils than any other circus
stunt.
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