A chance encounter in Spain in 1959 brought young Irish reporter Valerie Danby-Smith face-to-face with Ernest Hemingway. The interview was awkward and brief, but before it ended something had clicked into place. For the next two years...

Valerie Hemingway has a remarkable history. In 1959, when she was 19 years old, she captured the attention of Ernest Hemingway, who hired her as his personal secretary. His obvious crush on her led to a number of strange adventures--i...