<DIV><DIV><DIV>The extraordinary career of Dame Julie Andrews spans more than forty years. Her first film, <I>Mary Poppins</I>, was Disney's most successful film, and in 1965 <I>The Sound of Music</I> rescued Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. Three years later, <I>Star!</I> almost put the studio back under, and the leading lady of both films fell as spectacularly as she had risen. But Julie Andrews is nothing if not a survivor; and despite many setbacks—including the tragic loss of her singing voice in 1997 after a botched operation—she's still a performer, recently starring in <I>Shrek</I> and <I>The Princess Diaries</I>. Richard Stirling's deeply researched biography—based on many years of contact with Julie—is a frank but affectionate portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen.</DIV></DIV></DIV>