Description: Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home " The Secret History of WonderWoman is as racy, as improbable, as awesomelyrighteous, and as filled withcurious devices as an episode of the comic book itself. In the nexus of feminism andpopular culture, Jill Lepore has found a revelatory chapter of Americanhistory.I will never look atWonder Woman's bracelets the same way again." Art Spiegelman, author of Maus "Jill Lepore's obsessively researched book onWonder Woman,the four-color embodiment of the women's rights movement, reveals that the life of the character's creator, Dr. William Marston--inventor of the lie detector, charming crank, ardent feminist and secret polygamist--was waaay more colorful thananycomic book superhero.Suffering Sappho!" Chris Ware, author of Building Stories "An absolutely unputdownable book. The life history of polymath charlatan and/or genius (I couldn't ever decide) William Moulton Marston, who worked his way through law, movie scenarios, lie detection, mnages a trois, free love, BDSM and polygamy before creating the first feminist super-person had me saying 'wow' practically every other page. And that's not even mentioning the tough-as-nails women he exalted, lifted from and, uh, shared who make up the molten core of this newly-revealed story. Rocketing from the suffragism of the 1910s to the ERA of the 1970s on a wave of home-spun pop culture righteousness, this story's head-spinning weirdness ultimately makes you question your own accomplishments, aims, and--almost like a great modern novel--your real motives." Kirkus Reviews "It's an irresistible story, and the author tells it with relish and delight."

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