In this episode, we complete the story of Jersey's Elinor Glyn, who achieved international celebrity and reached the pinnacle of Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties. She had gained earthly fame, yet at what cost?

This extract is taken from Jersey: Secrets of the Sea, available on Amazon and in all good Jersey bookstores. The music is Chariots by Gavin Luke, courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

Welcome to another episode of The History Islands. Elinor Glyn has now arrived in Hollywood, at the dawn of its Golden Age. It was a long way from St Saviour, Jersey to Beverly Hills. This is the story of how Elinor reinvented herself on the West Coast and ended up as a friend of Charlie Chaplin and working with Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino and Clara Bow.

This is an extract from my second book, Jersey: Secrets of the Sea.

Elinor Glyn's story will conclude in the next episode.

Artwork courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (Library of Congress/ Public Domain). Music Chariots by Gavin Luke courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

Welcome to another episode of the History Islands, continuing the true story of one of Jersey’s most famous daughters. Elinor Sutherland has survived the ordeal of her Channel Islands shipwreck in 1875, and she now begins her ascent to the heights of Hollywood.

This episode is adapted from my second book Jersey: Secrets of the Sea.

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound (Chariots by Gavin Luke).

Photo of Elinor Glyn from Wikimedia Commons / George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress.