The special books in this collection are based on certain groups of people, such as Inventors and Authors. Dead Famous is a surprising, funny, and fascinating exploration of both a bygone age and how we came to inhabit our modern, fame obsessed society. But it was scooped by its rival, the New York Journal, which triumphantly ran a full-ear portrait, sketched from life.

Unlike a typical whodunnit, Elton does not reveal the identity of the victim until around halfway into the book. During the Covid lockdown, he hosted and co-wrote two series of the BBC children's educational show HOMESCHOOL HISTORY on BBC Radio 4. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who launched a violent feud with her former best friend; or Edmund Kean, the dazzling Shakespearean actor whose monstrous ego and terrible alcoholism saw him nearly murdered by his own audience – the list of stars whose careers burned bright before the Age of Television is extensive and thrillingly varied. Meet the Georgian literary forger William-Henry Ireland, who claimed to have discovered a trunkful of Shakespearean manuscripts, complete with a new play, Vortigern and Rowena.Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading. The 18th‑century Irish novelist Laurence Sterne “hurled himself into his newfound celebrity with the panting eagerness of a spaniel leaping into the ocean of a scorching summer’s day”.

Newspapers across Europe theorised feverishly on the subject, while purveyors of prints and postcards rushed out imagined images of the fateful lobes.During these extraordinary times Greg Jenner is able to sign you a personalised bookplate for your hardback. Greg Jenner’s engaging book packs in an astonishing number of their stories – it even, generously, finds space to include Clara the Indian rhino who, at 5,000lbs, was undoubtedly the biggest European celebrity of the 1740s.

Greg Jenner is a suave and generous guide to the glittering, glamorous, often deadly world of celebrity. And soon after that, perhaps because Mérode had already publicly displayed every other inch of her body – on stage, in sculpture and through photographs – a peculiar fixation gripped the media: what did her ears look like? He does an anthropological social study focusing on the roots of celebrity and how circumstance met opportunity to make people become revered and celebrated. Dead Famous (2001) is a comedy/ whodunit novel by Ben Elton in which ratings for a reality TV show, very similar to Big Brother, rocket when a housemate is murdered.An accessible, humorous book that recounts the history of daily life: A Million Years In A Day: A Curious History of Ordinary Life, From Stone Age To Phone Age takes an ordinary day as the template to reveal the astonishing origins and evolution of the daily practices we take for granted. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. Entretenido de leer, con una visión muy anglosajona y con un montón de anécdotas; recuerda a los guiones del podcast que dirige el autor, "You are dead to me". To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. com with your name, address, who the dedication is for and a short bespoke message (if you want a specific message).

This allows both Kelly and the police officers to identify him as a porn star who starred in a movie in which Kelly was an extra. I enjoyed the read and would recommend it to anyone interested in celebrity, silent movies and popular culture. Any one of the historical celebrities that are used as examples throughout the book would make for interesting further reading, especially since the author has given specific context in which to frame them.Responding to 50 genuine questions from the public, Greg whisks you off on an entertaining tour through the ages, revealing the best and most surprising stories, facts, and historical characters from the past. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Who could fail to root for three-year-old Isabella Rudkin, the prodigy child harpist who upstaged Franz Liszt on his 1824 tour of Britain? Later, a note is found in an envelope that had been sealed weeks previously that says that the victim will be dead by the time the housemates read the note and that one of the three remaining housemates will be murdered.