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The first full-length biography of Sarah Winchester, the main topic of the movie Winchester starring Helen Mirren, available these days for the very first time in audio.Since her loss of life in 1922, Sarah Winchester has been perceived as a secret, haunted number. After inheriting an enormous fortune upon the loss of life of her hubby in 1881, Sarah purchased a straightforward farmhouse in San José, California. She started building enhancements to the home and continued structure on it for another twenty years. A hostile press solid Sarah as the conscience of the Winchester Repeating Forearms Company-a widow shouldering responsibility for the many deaths brought on by the rifle that brought her riches. She was accused of being a ghost-obsessed spiritualist, also to today it is basically presumed that the comprehensive construction she performed on her San José house was done to appease the ghouls around her.But was she really as guilt-ridden and superstitious as record remembers her? When Winchester's home was purchased after her loss of life, it was changed into a visitor interest. The bizarre, sprawling mansion and the enigmatic character of Winchester's life were exaggerated by the new owners to create publicity for his or her business. But as the mansion has become more widely known, the individual of Winchester has receded from truth, and she is merely remembered for squandering her riches to ward off disturbed spirits.Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Lot of money demystifies the life of the unique American. Inside the first full-length biography of Winchester, creator and historian Mary Jo Ignoffo unearths the truth concerning this notorious eccentric, revealing that she was not a maddened spiritualist motivated by remorse but an intelligent, articulate female who sought to safeguard her private life amidst the chaos of her public existence. The writer takes viewers through Winchester's several homes, explores her private life, and, by excerpting from personal correspondence, provides heiress a voice for the very first time since her loss of life. Ignoffo's research unveils that Winchester's true financial goal was not dissipating her fortune on the mansion in San José but trading it for a philanthropic legacy.For too long Sarah Winchester has existed as a ghost herself-a female whose existence is situated somewhere between the reality of her life and a set of sensationalized recollections of who she may have been. Captive of the Labyrinth finally sets to relax the myths concerning this remarkable female, and, in the process, uncovers the legacy she designed to leave behind.
