Harold Robbins summed up his career best in a 1971 ITV documentary: I'm the world's best writer--there's nothing more to say. This phenomenally successful author--over 750,000,000 copies of his books were sold worldwide, and most were adapted successfully for the screen--started life as a foundling in a Roman Catholic orphanage before being shuttled between foster homes. At fifteen, he left home to begin a series of low-paying jobs, including working as a numbers runner. At twenty, after buy ...[Read Story]